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Sade: A Biographical Essay

Sade: A Biographical Essay

Bongie, Laurence L.

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ISBN10: 0226064212
ISBN13: 9780226064215
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: Mar 15 2000
Pages: 343
Weight: 1.06
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.13 Depth: 8.98
Language: English
The writings of the Marquis de Sade have recently attained notoriety in the canon of world literature. Now Sade himself is often celebrated as a heroic apostle of individual rights and a giant of philosophical thought. In this detailed investigative work, Laurence Bongie tests these claims and finds them unfounded and undeserved.

A valuable correction to the perception of Sade as a profound thinker, a great writer, and a martyr to liberty. Drawing on original archival work, Bongie tries to illuminate Sade's childhood and his relationship with his parents. . . . Fluent and well-informed.--Library Journal

Mr. Bongie . . . has written an investigation focusing on one aspect of Sade's character and development, his heretofore neglected relationship with his aristocratic mother. . . . A profitable selection.--Richard Bernstein, New York Times

A welcome corrective. Bongie's book . . . aims to deflate the exalted claims made about the marquis by demonstrating that he was a monstrous character.--Scott Stossel, Boston Phoenix Literary Supplement

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