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Imran Agassy

@pervertgeorges.bsky.social

Washington, D.C. 23 Philosophy, Literature, History, Art "One day this living world will pullulate in my dead mouth." — Georges Bataille

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Imran Agassy @pervertgeorges.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Currently trying to read up on the history of the Ancien Régime between 1500 and 1750/1800. Here are seven texts I have for the purpose:

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Imran Agassy @pervertgeorges.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Robert loved her so dearly that he developed work out of the mere anguish of their occasional distance.

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Imran Agassy @pervertgeorges.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Clara both performed and aided in the composition of Robert's works, with Robert reciprocally aiding Clara on her own work when he could

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Imran Agassy @pervertgeorges.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Everyone adores Arnold Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht, yet I seldom hear commentary on the poem that partly inspired it, Richard Dehmel's poem of the same name. Translated as "Transfigured Night," the poem concerns a man's acceptance of his lover's pregnancy—by another man.

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Imran Agassy @pervertgeorges.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Reminds me of this wonderful section from French philosopher Roland Barthes' book A Lover's Discourse

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Imran Agassy @pervertgeorges.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

When a work of history begins with a tangential opening like this, I trust the author more. Good history is a narrative like any other, and often the greatest historians don't hide their literary sensibilities.

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