Sade and the Narrative of Transgression

A major collection of critical essays on the work of the Marquis de Sade, first published in 1995.

List of contents

List of contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The use value of D. A. F. Sade (An open letter to my current comrades) Georges Bataille; 2. Sade, or the philosopher-villain Pierre Klossowski; 3. Libidinal economy in Sade and Klossowski Jean-François Lyotard; 4. A political minimalist Philippe Roger; 5. The Society of the Friends of Crime Alphonso Lingis; 6. Sade, mothers and other women Jane Gallop; 7. The encyclopedia of excess Marcel Hénaff; 8. 'Sex', or, the misfortunes of literature Dalia Judovitz; 9. Structures of exchange, acts of transgression Allen S. Weiss; 10. Gender and narrative possibilities Nancy K. Miller; 11. Sade's literary space Lawrence Schehr; 12. Fantasizing Juliette Chantal Thomas; Select bibliography; Index.

Summary

This major collection of essays on the Marquis de Sade, first published in 1995, encompasses a wide range of critical approaches to his œuvre, including some of the most celebrated texts in Sade scholarship.

Product details

• Authors: Csf Allison
• Assisted by: David B. Allison (Editor), Mark S. Roberts (Editor), Allen S. Weiss (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.05.2011
• EAN: 9780521444156
• ISBN: 978-0-521-44415-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 222 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 540 g
• Series: Cambridge Studies in French
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies