The marquis de Sade
By: an essay by Simone de Beauvoir [translated by Annette Michelson] with selections from his writings chosen [and translated] by Paul Dinnage.
Contributors: Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 1953
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 236
Subjects: Sade, marquis de, 1740-1814 -- Translations into English.; Sade, marquis de, 1740-1814 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Erotic literature, French -- Translations into English.; Erotic literature, French -- History and criticism.; Sex customs -- France -- Literary collections.; Sex customs in literature.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [231]-236.
''[The] essay was originally published ... as Faut-il brûler Sade? in Les Temps modernes, December, 1951 and January, 1952.''