Misfortunes of Virtue and Other Early Tales
The name of the Marquis de Sade is synonymous with the blackest corners of the human soul, a byword for all that is foulest in human conduct. In his bleak, claustrophobic universe, there is no God, no morality, no human affection, and no hope. Power is given to the strong, and the strong are murderers, torturers, and tyrants. No quarter is given; compassion is the virtue of the weak.Yet Sade was a man of savage intelligence who carried the philosophy of the French Enlightenment to its logical extreme. His writings effectively release the individual from all social and moral constraint: for many, Sade is the Great Libertarian. The Victorians c…
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- ISBN: 978-0-19-160588-8
- EAN: 9780191605888
- Produktnummer: 13995902
- Verlag: Oup Oxford
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
- Seitenangabe: 336 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 0 KB
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