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Zwo Scherzreden

Author / Creator: Blaufus, Jacob Wilhelm, 1723-1758
Summary: Women as exceptional in the spoken arts, men predominant in the art of galantry are the subject of Blaufus' two speeches delivered to the German Society in Jena. The free-wheeling talks touch upon ...

Women as exceptional in the spoken arts, men predominant in the art of galantry are the subject of Blaufus' two speeches delivered to the German Society in Jena. The free-wheeling talks touch upon a great number of other topics, however, including women in the arts, women in history, women as the traditional calming influence upon men. The satirical undercurrent is strong.