The Crimes of Love
The Crimes of Love
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Summary
Presents a selection of stories that includes 'An Essay on Novels', which is the author's survey of the novelist's art.
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The Crimes of Love by Marquis De Sade
'Senneval, you see in me your sister, the girl you seduced at Nancy, the woman who murdered your son, the wife of your own father and the ignoble creature who sent your mother to the gallows...' Who but the Marquis de Sade would write, not of the pain, tragedy, and joy of love but of its crimes? Murder, seduction, and incest are among the cruel rewards for selfless love in his stories; tragedy, despair, and death the inevitable outcome. Sade's villains will stop at nothing to satisfy their depraved passions, and they in turn suffer under the thrall of love. Psychologically astute, and defiantly unconventional, these stories show Sade at his best. A skilled and artful storyteller, he is also an intellectual who asks questions about society, about ourselves, and about life, for which we have yet to find the answers. This new selection includes 'An Essay on Novels', Sade's penetrating survey of the novelist's art.
[An] excellent new edition.. A recommended introduction to the Sadean oeuvre for anyone genuinely interested in the ideas that won him enduring notoriety. Ruth Scurr, Times Literary Supplement
The Marquis de Sade (1740-1814) was a French aristocrat, sexual libertine, political radical, philosopher, and writer whose work led to the coinage of the terms sadism and sadist. His works combine philosophical discourse with pornography, depicting sexual fantasies with violent, criminal, and blasphemous elements in support of his belief in unrestrained individual freedom.
Margaret Crosland is a translator of French and Italian literature who has written biographies of Colette, Jean Cocteau, Simone de Beauvoir, and Edith Piaf. She has translated the works of Emile Zola, Colette, Cocteau, and others.
Margaret Crosland is a translator of French and Italian literature who has written biographies of Colette, Jean Cocteau, Simone de Beauvoir, and Edith Piaf. She has translated the works of Emile Zola, Colette, Cocteau, and others.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780192805072 |
| ISBN 10 | 019280507X |
| Title | The Crimes of Love |
| Author | Marquis De Sade |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2005-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 388 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |