Literary Criticism - General & Miscellaneous, 18th Century French Literature - Literary Criticism, Erotic Literature - Literary Criticism, Psychology & Literature
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Overview
Writing the Orgy provides an innovative, highly persuasive interpretation of eroticism in the Marqui de Sade's writing. Combining literary theory with methodologies borrowed from anthropology, history, and psychoanalysis, the book is a brilliant feminist reading of a text—The Story of Julliete—often characterized as brutally aggressive and pornographic.
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Argues that Sade's orgy scenes represent not only the subversion but the re-creation of a social order and hierarchy under a phallic, unifying economy. Discusses his use of the erotic body as both represented and representing through the ritualistic scenario of the orgy scene, and addresses the intricate relation between the erotic and the textual body. Paper edition (unseen), $18.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
August 1, 1996
Publisher
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c1996.
Pages
232
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780812232516