The Crimes of Love

Who but the Marquis de Sade would write, not of the pain, tragedy, and joy of love but of its crimes? Murder, seduction, and incest are among the cruel rewards for selfless love in his stories; tragedy, despair, and death the inevitable outcome. This new selection includes 'An Essay on Novels', Sade's penetrating survey of the novelist's art.

Zusatztext [An] excellent new edition... A recommended introduction to the Sadean oeuvre for anyone genuinely interested in the ideas that won him enduring notoriety. Zusammenfassung Who but the Marquis de Sade would write, not of the pain, tragedy, and joy of love but of its crimes? Murder, seduction, and incest are among the cruel rewards for selfless love in his stories; tragedy, despair, and death the inevitable outcome. This new selection includes 'An Essay on Novels', Sade's penetrating survey of the novelist's art.

Auteur
Donatien Alphonse François Marquis de Sade wurde 1740 geboren und verbrachte 27 Jahre seines Lebens in Haft: anfangs auf Betreiben seiner Schwiegereltern, später wegen seiner Schriften auf Veranlassung der Revolutionsregierung. Mit schonungsloser Offenheit schildert er die meist verborgenen menschlichen Veranlagungen zur Perversion. Apollinaire sagte über ihn: "Es kann wohl sein, dass dieser Mensch, der das ganze 19. Jahrhundert hindurch nichts galt, das 20. Jahrhundert beherrschen wird."

Résumé
'Senneval, you see in me your sister, the girl you seduced at Nancy, the woman who murdered your son, the wife of your own father and the ignoble creature who sent your mother to the gallows...' Who but the Marquis de Sade would write, not of the pain, tragedy, and joy of love but of its crimes? Murder, seduction, and incest are among the cruel rewards for selfless love in his stories; tragedy, despair, and death the inevitable outcome. Sade's villains will stop at nothing to satisfy their depraved passions, and they in turn suffer under the thrall of love. Psychologically astute, and defiantly unconventional, these stories show Sade at his best. A skilled and artful storyteller, he is also an intellectual who asks questions about society, about ourselves, and about life, for which we have yet to find the answers. This new selection includes 'An Essay on Novels', Sade's penetrating survey of the novelist's art. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Contenu

• An Essay on Novels

• Miss Henrietta Stralson, or The Effects of Despair

• Faxelange, or the Faults of Ambition

• Florville and Courval, or Fatality

• Rodrigo, or The Enchanted Tower

• Ernestine. A Swedish Tale

• The Countess of Sancerre, or Her Daughter's Rival

• Eugénie de Franval. A Tragic Tale