Writing the Orgy: Power and Parody in Sade

by Lucienne Frappier-Mazur, Gillian C. Gill (Translator)

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780812232516
Publisher:	University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
Publication date:	05/29/1996
Series:	Anniversary Collection
Edition description:	Reprint 2016 ed.
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1480L (what's this?)
Age Range:	18 Years

Editorial Reviews

"Writing the Orgy is particularly important not merely for recognizing the pertinence of Sade to current issues in feminism, but also for proposing a reading of Sade that suggests the inadequacy of either simple affirmation or repudiation. This is a very fine book that will have an important presence as an example of the possibility of combining considerable sophistication about language with the inflections of cultural studies."—Frances Ferguson, Johns Hopkins University

From the Publisher

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)

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