Marquis De Sade for Beginners by Stuart Hood
This is an investigation into the significance of Sade as a philosopher of the enlightenment. The book describes Sade's ruthless exploration of the fundamentals of morality - crime and justice, murder and capital punishment, the taboos and rights of sexual expression and the ethical basis of virtue and vice. It goes on to explain why his ideas contine to be debated by modern critics and feminists.
Stuart Hood read English and Italian at Edinburgh and was a teacher until the Second World War broke out. While serving as an intelligence officer in Cairo, he was captured and, in 1943, transferred to a PoW camp in northern Italy. By this time the Italian fascist regime was collapsing and Hood and 400 others managed to escapre the camp in the confusion. He joined the local partisans and became Carlino, a leader of the Tuscan resistance. After the war, he worked for many years at the BBC before leaving to go freelance, producing documentaries on war trials and pursuing a successful career as a novelist. He became Professor of Film and Television at the Royal College of Arts in 1971 and taught into the 1990s. He died in 2011.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781874166306 |
| ISBN 10 | 1874166307 |
| Title | Marquis De Sade for Beginners |
| Author | Stuart Hood |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Icon Books |
| Year published | 1996-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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