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anghraineAn anon asked:
this might be the wrong time period for you, but in lovers' vows (english translation by inchbald), why does count cassel say he learned love in the "wilds of America"? was America famously slutty at this time? i understand that it was seen as lawless, and count cassel says love is taught in "all barbarous places" - is that all the line is about, that it's a place where you can sleep with native women or something? do you know if the original german version is different?
I replied:
Right time period, but I’ve never gotten around to reading it, actually. America was often seen as ~wild and untamed~, certainly.
#i should! it's just never come up tbh
this might be the wrong time period for you, but in lovers' vows (english translation by inchbald), why does count cassel say he learned love in the "wilds of America"? was America famously slutty at this time? i understand that it was seen as lawless, and count cassel says love is taught in "all barbarous places" - is that all the line is about, that it's a place where you can sleep with native women or something? do you know if the original german version is different?
I replied:
Right time period, but I’ve never gotten around to reading it, actually. America was often seen as ~wild and untamed~, certainly.
#i should! it's just never come up tbh