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Taming the Savage Noble
By Francis X. Rocca
The first time the Marquis de Sade went to prison, in 1763, it was under a royal lettre de cachet signed by Louis XV, on charges of "blasphemy and incitement to sacrilege." Thirty years later, after the Revolution, the aristocrat nearly went to the guillotine for having "corresponded with enemies of the republic."
#MarquisDeSade #FrenchLiterature #WorldLiterature #Literature #History #FrenchHisotry #Libertinism
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1999/03/taming-the-savage-noble/377506/
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Taming the Savage Noble
By Francis X. Rocca
The first time the Marquis de Sade went to prison, in 1763, it was under a royal lettre de cachet signed by Louis XV, on charges of "blasphemy and incitement to sacrilege." Thirty years later, after the Revolution, the aristocrat nearly went to the guillotine for having "corresponded with enemies of the republic."
#MarquisDeSade #FrenchLiterature #WorldLiterature #Literature #History #FrenchHisotry #Libertinism
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1999/03/taming-the-savage-noble/377506/
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Taming the Savage Noble
By Francis X. Rocca
The first time the Marquis de Sade went to prison, in 1763, it was under a royal lettre de cachet signed by Louis XV, on charges of "blasphemy and incitement to sacrilege." Thirty years later, after the Revolution, the aristocrat nearly went to the guillotine for having "corresponded with enemies of the republic."
#MarquisDeSade #FrenchLiterature #WorldLiterature #Literature #History #FrenchHisotry #Libertinism
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1999/03/taming-the-savage-noble/377506/
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Taming the Savage Noble
By Francis X. Rocca
The first time the Marquis de Sade went to prison, in 1763, it was under a royal lettre de cachet signed by Louis XV, on charges of "blasphemy and incitement to sacrilege." Thirty years later, after the Revolution, the aristocrat nearly went to the guillotine for having "corresponded with enemies of the republic."
#MarquisDeSade #FrenchLiterature #WorldLiterature #Literature #History #FrenchHisotry #Libertinism
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1999/03/taming-the-savage-noble/377506/
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Taming the Savage Noble
By Francis X. Rocca
The first time the Marquis de Sade went to prison, in 1763, it was under a royal lettre de cachet signed by Louis XV, on charges of "blasphemy and incitement to sacrilege." Thirty years later, after the Revolution, the aristocrat nearly went to the guillotine for having "corresponded with enemies of the republic."
#MarquisDeSade #FrenchLiterature #WorldLiterature #Literature #History #FrenchHisotry #Libertinism
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1999/03/taming-the-savage-noble/377506/
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Who Was Georges Bataille? Discover His Philosophy of Transgression
Georges Bataille’s style of literature and philosophy sought to capture and celebrate extremity, excess, and the shattering of taboos.
#GeorgesBataille #FrenchLiterature #MarquisDeSade #Libertinism #TransgressiveLiterature #Fiction #Philosophy #Surrealism #Death #Eros
https://www.thecollector.com/georges-bataille-philosophy-of-transgression/
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The Odd Career of the World’s Most Upsetting Book
“As the age of handwriting comes to an end,” Joel Warner asks in his new book, “what is the value of the original texts left behind?” As it turns out, quite a bit. Warner’s The Curse of the Marquis de Sade: A Notorious Scoundrel, a Mythical Manuscript, and the Biggest Scandal in Literary History tells the story not of the . . .
#MarquisDeSade #WorldLiterature #FrenchLiterature #Literature #Libertinism #BookReview
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/02/de-sade-days-of-sodom-joel-warner-review.html
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You Don't Find Maldoror—It Finds You
Many of you have never read The Songs of Maldoror (1868) and it shows. When the French surrealist prose poem was first presented to me by a friend as "the most evil book ever written," it wasn't so much the content that affirmed the claim, but the atmosphere that permeated as I read it . . .
#FrenchLiterature #MarquisDeSade #Maldoror #Lautréamont #Surrealism #Literature #Blashpemy
https://litreactor.com/interviews/interview-with-songs-of-maldoror-translator-rj-dent
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You Don't Find Maldoror—It Finds You
Many of you have never read The Songs of Maldoror (1868) and it shows. When the French surrealist prose poem was first presented to me by a friend as "the most evil book ever written," it wasn't so much the content that affirmed the claim, but the atmosphere that permeated as I read it . . .
#FrenchLiterature #MarquisDeSade #Maldoror #Lautréamont #Surrealism #Literature #Blashpemy
https://litreactor.com/interviews/interview-with-songs-of-maldoror-translator-rj-dent
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You Don't Find Maldoror—It Finds You
Many of you have never read The Songs of Maldoror (1868) and it shows. When the French surrealist prose poem was first presented to me by a friend as "the most evil book ever written," it wasn't so much the content that affirmed the claim, but the atmosphere that permeated as I read it . . .
#FrenchLiterature #MarquisDeSade #Maldoror #Lautréamont #Surrealism #Literature #Blashpemy
https://litreactor.com/interviews/interview-with-songs-of-maldoror-translator-rj-dent
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You Don't Find Maldoror—It Finds You
Many of you have never read The Songs of Maldoror (1868) and it shows. When the French surrealist prose poem was first presented to me by a friend as "the most evil book ever written," it wasn't so much the content that affirmed the claim, but the atmosphere that permeated as I read it . . .
#FrenchLiterature #MarquisDeSade #Maldoror #Lautréamont #Surrealism #Literature #Blashpemy
https://litreactor.com/interviews/interview-with-songs-of-maldoror-translator-rj-dent
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You Don't Find Maldoror—It Finds You
Many of you have never read The Songs of Maldoror (1868) and it shows. When the French surrealist prose poem was first presented to me by a friend as "the most evil book ever written," it wasn't so much the content that affirmed the claim, but the atmosphere that permeated as I read it . . .
#FrenchLiterature #MarquisDeSade #Maldoror #Lautréamont #Surrealism #Literature #Blashpemy
https://litreactor.com/interviews/interview-with-songs-of-maldoror-translator-rj-dent
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Movie poster for Justine, directed by Jesús Franco. With Romina Power, Jack Palance, Klaus Kinski, and Mercedes McCambridge.
#MarquisDeSade #Cinema #Literature #ItalianCinema #JesúsFranco #FrenchLiterature #WorldLiterature #Movies
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The Marquis de Sade and the Enlightenment
Sade exemplifies some of the major features of the Enlightenment project: in fact his philosophy represents the logical conclusion of much Enlightenment thought. For example, he demonstrates that morals are historically and culturally contingent, that is, they are merely mores or customs and traditions . . .
#MarquisDeSade #Literature #FrenchLiterature #WorldLiterature #TheEnlightenment
Continue reading on Rictor Morton: http://rictornorton.co.uk/though21.htm
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Trailer for the 1965 film, The Skull, directed by Freddie Francis for Amicus Productions, and starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. Based on the short story "The Skull of the Marquis de Sade," by Robert Bloch.
#MarquisDeSade #Cinema #ShortStories #Literature #RobertBloch #HorrorMovies
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Damn. He’s gonna have a burnt hot dog. Mental illness is real. #dentoning 8/1/23 #alltexasmedia