The Sadeian Woman
An Exercise in Cultural History
$30.43
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
11 January 2007
Summary
‘Sexuality is power’ - so says the Marquis de Sade, philosopher and pornographer extraordinaire. His virtuous Justine keeps to the rules laid down by men, her reward rape and humiliation; his Juliette, Justine’s triumphantly monstrous antithesis, viciously exploits her sexuality. In a world where all tenderness is false, all beds are minefields.
But now Sade has met his match.
With invention and genius, Angela Carter takes on these outrageous figments of his extreme imaginatio…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844083770 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844083772 |
| Author: | Angela Carter |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 11 January 2007 |
| Weight: | 158g |
| Dimensions: | 194mm x 128mm x 14mm |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
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Critics Review
“The boldest of English women writers.”
Angela Carter is neither ordinary nor timid. The tone is one of intellectual relish … rational … refined … witty * New Statesman *The boldest of English women writers – Lorna SageHer work is funny, sexy, frightening and brutal, and is always shaped by a keen, subversive intelligence and a style of luxuriant beauty – Edmund Gordon * The Guardian *Angela Carter liked to blur boundaries and break rules – Gaby Wood * Independent *
About The Author
Angela Carter
One of Britain’s most original writers, Angela Carter was highly lauded for her novels, short stories and journalism. She died in February 1992.
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