One Hundred & Twenty Days of Sodom

The 120 Days of Sodom is the Marquis de Sade's masterpiece. A still unsurpassed catalogue of sexual perversions and the first systematic exploration of the psychopathology of sex, it was written during Sade's lengthy imprisonment for sexual deviancy and blasphemy and then lost after the storming of the Bastille during the French Revolution in 1789. Later rediscovered, the manuscript remained unpublished until 1936 and is now introduced by Simone de Beauvoir's landmark essay, 'Must We Burn Sade?' Unique in its enduring capacity to shock and provoke, The 120 Days of Sodom must stand as one of the most controversial books ever written, and a fine example of the Libertine novel, a genre inspired by eroticism and anti-establishmentarianism, that effectively ended with the French Revolution.

Product details

• Authors: Marquis De Sade, Marquis de Sade
• Assisted by: Simone de Beauvoir (Introduction)
• Publisher: Arrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.07.1991
• EAN: 9780099629603
• ISBN: 978-0-09-962960-3
• No. of pages: 816
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 193 mm x 34 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Erotica / Historical, France, FICTION / Erotica / BDSM, erotic fiction, Literary essays, c 1780 to c 1789, Contains explicit or offensive material or content, Contains explicit material, Psychology: sexual behaviour, FICTION / World Literature / France / 18th Century