The Misfortunes of Virtue and Other Early Tales

ISBN-13: 9780199540426 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 336 str.

Marquis de Sade

Opis

The name of the Marquis de Sade is synonymous with the blackest corners of the human soul, a byword for all that is most foul in human conduct. In his bleak, claustrophobic universe, there is no God, no human affection, and no hope. This selection of his early writings, some making their first appearance in English in this new translation by David Coward, reveals the full range of Sade's sobering moods and considerable talents. This is a fully annotated edition including an introduction, a biographical study, and a history of the censorship of these writings.
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Spis treści

The Misfortunes of Virtue; Dialogue Between a Priest and a Dying Man; The Successful Ruse; The Pimp Well Served; The Windbags of Provence; An Inexplicable Affair; The Prude; Émile de Tourville; Augustine de Villeblanche; The Law of Talion; The Self-Made Cuckold; The Husband who Said Mass; The Lady of the Manor of Longeville; The Confidence Men

O autorze

Donatien Alphonse François Marquis de Sade wurde 1740 geboren und verbrachte 27 Jahre seines Lebens in Haft: anfangs auf Betreiben seiner Schwiegereltern, später wegen seiner Schriften auf Veranlassung der Revolutionsregierung. Mit schonungsloser Offenheit schildert er die meist verborgenen menschlichen Veranlagungen zur Perversion. Apollinaire sagte über ihn: "Es kann wohl sein, dass dieser Mensch, der das ganze 19. Jahrhundert hindurch nichts galt, das 20. Jahrhundert beherrschen wird."