by Nicolás Fernández de Moratín · La Mascara · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788479743734
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"Arte de las putas" is the erotic poem by Nicolás Fernández de Moratín, published by La Mascara in paperback (110 pages, in Spanish).
Composed around 1770 and banned by the Inquisition, the poem circulated clandestinely for over a century. Its verses portray nocturnal Bourbon Madrid and its sex workers, with nicknames and anecdotes of the era, in a blend of guide, satire and ironic praise of prostitution.
1999 edition from the Malditos Heterodoxos collection, with a foreword by Pilar Pedraza and black-and-white plates from Goya's Caprichos.
For readers curious about eighteenth-century erotic poetry, inquisitorial censorship and nocturnal Madrid portrayed with irony.
Nicolás Fernández de Moratín (1737–1780) was the father of one of the most important Spanish writers and dramatists of the neoclassical era, Leandro Fernández de Moratín. He himself was involved in the Spanish literary movement of the day and heavily influenced his son. He wrote Arte de las putas, a poem, and La petimetra, a new comedy. He was also a member of the Tertulia de la Fonda de San Sebastián where he met famous authors like José Cadalso and Tomás de Iriarte.
