Sade
Subtitle: a biographical essay
By: Laurence L. Bongie.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
Subjects: Sade, marquis de, 1740-1814.; Authors, French -- 18th century -- Biography.
Description: The writings of the Marquis de Sade have attained in recent years a widely acclaimed position in the canon of world literature. Sade himself, at one time discussed in horrified whispers, is now often celebrated as a heroic apostle of individual rights, a giant of philosophical thought, and a martyr to freedom of conscience. In Sade: A Biographical Essay, Laurence Bongie puts these claims to a severe test and finds them unfounded and undeserved.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-326) and index.