Brun, Annie Le
Sade: A Sudden Abyss
- ISBN 13:
- 9780872862500
- author:
- Brun, Annie Le
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- City Lights Books
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2001
- Pages:
- 232
- Genre:
- Literary Criticism / European / French
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Sade: A Sudden Abyss by Annie Le Brun is a fresh and authoritative survey of the French writer's work. In this translation of her introduction to J.J. Pauvert's new edition of Sade's complete works, Le Brun sets out to free Sade from the interpretations of other critics, such as Bataille, Blanchot, Klossowski, and Barthes. Le Brun seeks to understand Sade's writing in its own right, rather than as a metaphor for history, society, or writing itself. She asks what Sade himself reveals through his texts, and how his life experiences - spent in eleven prisons over twenty-seven years - shape his work. This thoughtful analysis offers a new perspective on Sade's unique language and its significance for understanding human nature and desire. Annie Le Brun is a French poet and literary theorist, bringing her expertise to this important study of one of France's most fascinating writers.
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