John Phillips (Department of French Literature and London Culture

The Marquis de Sade

A Very Short Introduction

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Produktbeschreibung

This Very Short Introduction aims to disentangle the 'real' Marquis de Sade from his mythical and demonic reputation of the past two hundred years. Phillips examines Sade's life and work: his libertine novels, his championing of atheism, and his uniqueness in bringing the body and sex back into philosophy.

Produktdetails

• Very Short Introductions
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Oktober 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 178mm x 113mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 140g
• ISBN-13: 9780192804693
• ISBN-10: 0192804693
• Artikelnr.: 14639082

Autorenporträt

John Phillips is Professor of French Literature and Culture at London Metropolitan University. He is the author of a number of books on French literature, including Forbidden Fictions: Pornography and Censorship in Twentieth-Century French Literature and Sade: The Libertine Novels. He is currently co-editing The Encyclopedia of Erotic Literature for Routledge.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Beyond the Myth: The real Marquis de Sade
2: Man of Letters
3: Martyr of Atheism
4: Sade and the French Revolution
5: Theatres of the Body
6: Apostle of Freedom
References
Further Reading

Rezensionen

A brisk and lively introductory book. John Phillips, Times Literary Supplement