How to read Sade
By: John Phillips.
Edition: 1st american ed.
Series: How to read; How to read (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 122
Subjects: Sade, marquis de, 1740-1814 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Description: "Intent upon letting the reader experience the pleasure and intellectual stimulation in reading these classic authors, the How to Read series provides a context and an explanation that will facilitate and enrich your understanding of texts vital to the canon. Approaching the writing of major intellectuals, artists, and philosophers need no longer be daunting. How to Read is a new sort of introduction--a personal master class in reading--that brings you face to face with the work of some of the most influential and challenging writers in history. In lucid, accessible language, these books explain essential topics such as the historical context that frames de Sade's daring philosophy. John Phillips introduces the Marquis de Sade's highly original and thoroughly subversive depiction of human sexuality, and the philosophical and political thinking that underpins it. He shows how, though Sade's work continues to shock, it can also be seen as the logical conclusion of eighteenth-century materialism. As the only writer of his time who dared to put the body at the center of philosophy, Sade has a unique place in the history of modern thought."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"First published in Great Britain by Granta Publications."