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Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Named Person: | Sade, marquis de; Sade, marquis de |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
William F Edmiston; Voltaire Foundation. |
ISBN: | 9780729410649 0729410641 |
OCLC Number: | 874289165 |
Description: | x, 237 pages ; 24 cm. |
Contents: | IntroductionSade, a queer theorist? What is queer theory? 'Sodomie' and 'antiphysique' in the writings of SadeCorpus and other details1. Sade's erotic novels: can we read them as queer? Sex (anatomy): female/maleGender (behavior): masculine/feminineSexuality: (object-choice of sexual pleasure) homosexual/heterosexual2. Nature, sodomy, semantics and queer discourseNatureSodomy: queer discourseSemanticsPractice or proclivity? 3. Atrocities of a quite different kind: non-normative eroticism in Aline et ValcourIncest in the frame narrativeHomosexuality and incest in the embedded narratives4. Queering the MarquisConclusionBibliography Index |
Series Title: | SVEC, 2013:03. |
Responsibility: | William F. Edmiston. |
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'C'est une analyse detaillee et profonde de l'influence mutuelle entre le contexte general des Lumieres et la philosophie de Sade [...] L'analyse d'Edminston, bien documentee, est absolument en ligne avec les tendances generales de la recherche queer'.- Studi francesi It responds to the double exigency of a history shaped by present concerns, and does so in a conscientious, scholarly manner.- The modern language review Edmiston's articulate argument [leaves] the reader [...] not so much with the perception or label of Sade as an 'eighteenth-century queer theorist' (p.228-29), but rather with the impression of the man's brilliance and audacity as a depicter of the complex nature of human sexuality- New Perspectives on the eighteenth century Read more...

