Marquis De Sade?s Veiled Social Criticism : the Depravities of Sodom as the Perversities of France /

This work aims to separate de Sade the individual from his image in order to better understand his philosophy regarding the?libertine? status quo on the Ancien Régime in France. By doing so, his prophetic magnum opus, The One Hundred Days of Sodom, is parted from the accretions of misapprehension w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Weiss, James R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2008.
Temas:
Sade, > marquis de, > 1740-1814 > Political and social views.
Sade, > marquis de, > 1740-1814.
1700-1799
Politics and literature > France > History > 18th century.
Politique et littérature > France > Histoire > 18e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
Moral conditions.
Political and social views.
Politics and literature.
Romance Literatures.
Languages & Literatures.
French Literature.
France > Moral conditions.
France.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This work aims to separate de Sade the individual from his image in order to better understand his philosophy regarding the?libertine? status quo on the Ancien Régime in France. By doing so, his prophetic magnum opus, The One Hundred Days of Sodom, is parted from the accretions of misapprehension which have surrounded it and shown as the author intended it to be: a philosophical mirror by which France would recognize its foibles and its errant ways.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (140 pages)
ISBN:9780773417311
0773417311

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