“Naked as Eve when she first sinned” Innocent nudities and guilty nudities in Musset

In Musset, nudity raises ethical, philosophical and spiritual questions. Religious representations impose a guilt on the undressed body that the author seeks to lighten through provocation. The imaginary of the Fall remains very pregnant and imposes a divided perception of nudity, sometimes pure and innocent, sometimes disturbing and guilty. The loss of paradise is an experience that is constantly revisited, and Edenic purity is the source of heartbreaking nostalgia.