So I had a closer look. The print set used is that of the old German lettering called “Fraktur” which is some sort of gothic letter print. That makes the thing hard to read for non Germans.
I actually reads “Die Sieben und Dreißig Wollüste” which as well is an old fashioned form of writing (compare with my spelling above which is the modern way). This means the reference is to something that is pre-war.
The pretty young lady is looking at something obviously similar to the “Kamasutra” which means 37 pictures of lustful poses, I guess.
OR come to think of it before the war in the Weimarer Republik (the brief period in which Germany was republic between being an Empire and a Dictatorial State under Hitler) they were very keen on what they called the “Free body culture” which is similar to “Naturalists” (being out in the fresh air doing excerises all naked men and women together.) Could also relate to something like that.
Have you tried to google the 37 Lusts/Desires??? Maybe that is a proper reference to a book???? Although I never heard of.
You, madame, are fantastic! ♥ It's no wonder I couldn't look up the last word, since I was reading the long s as an f. *facepalm*
Oh, wow, you know, the information about the print as pre-war writing is amazingly helpful in an unexpected way, too, since I've been doing a lot of dating work, placing various narratives in various time periods. *hugs tight*
In case you're curious, this panel is from The Curious Sofa, A Pornographic Work by Ogdred Weary which is basically about playing with reader expectation. Everything in it is a sexual innuendo without ever actually saying anything sexual. They're a bunch of English upper class folks enjoying a weekend of delights, probably in the 1920s. ^_^ I think I'm definitely going to have to look up the "Free body culture," since there's echoes of it in The Curious Sofa.
Yep, I've given the title a quick Google and come up with nothing, but that's not a big surprise. Gorey has a habit of making up texts within his texts -- later on the guests read Volume Eleven of the "Encyclopedia of Unimaginable Customs," for instance -- so I wasn't expecting to find it.
This is amazing information, and even more helpful than I ever would have expected! Thank you so, so much. ^_^
I actually reads “Die Sieben und Dreißig Wollüste” which as well is an old fashioned form of writing (compare with my spelling above which is the modern way). This means the reference is to something that is pre-war.
The pretty young lady is looking at something obviously similar to the “Kamasutra” which means 37 pictures of lustful poses, I guess.
OR come to think of it before the war in the Weimarer Republik (the brief period in which Germany was republic between being an Empire and a Dictatorial State under Hitler) they were very keen on what they called the “Free body culture” which is similar to “Naturalists” (being out in the fresh air doing excerises all naked men and women together.) Could also relate to something like that.
Have you tried to google the 37 Lusts/Desires??? Maybe that is a proper reference to a book????
Although I never heard of.
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Oh, wow, you know, the information about the print as pre-war writing is amazingly helpful in an unexpected way, too, since I've been doing a lot of dating work, placing various narratives in various time periods. *hugs tight*
In case you're curious, this panel is from The Curious Sofa, A Pornographic Work by Ogdred Weary which is basically about playing with reader expectation. Everything in it is a sexual innuendo without ever actually saying anything sexual. They're a bunch of English upper class folks enjoying a weekend of delights, probably in the 1920s. ^_^ I think I'm definitely going to have to look up the "Free body culture," since there's echoes of it in The Curious Sofa.
Yep, I've given the title a quick Google and come up with nothing, but that's not a big surprise. Gorey has a habit of making up texts within his texts -- later on the guests read Volume Eleven of the "Encyclopedia of Unimaginable Customs," for instance -- so I wasn't expecting to find it.
This is amazing information, and even more helpful than I ever would have expected! Thank you so, so much. ^_^
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