The Marquis de Sade (1740-1814) has been labeled everything from a
sadomasochistic pornographer (The 120 Days of Sodom) to the fiction
writer responsible for the ideas that led to the Nazi death camps.
Must We Burn Sade? peels away the negative legacy that has shrouded
Sade for too long. Deepak Narang Sawhney points out that "Sade's
legacy has been neglected, recreated, fictionalized, and venerated
by medical guilds, literary hacks, religious detractors, and
intellectual movements. In the past two centuries, Sade has come to
represent many things for many people. . . . It is unclear whether
we know Sade the writer or the apparatus which has been set up to
either condemn or to sanctify his life and work."
By contrast, this intriguing collection of essays seeks to examine
Sade for what he was--a writer of novels and letters, a creator of
plays and stories, and an author of essays and political
manifestos. The contributors examine the literary, theatrical,
political, social, and philosophical aspects of Sade's work,
acquitting him of the false accusations and trials that have
plagued his name by revealing his influences and motivations, and
by providing an understanding of society's fear of Sade. What is so
alarming about Sade's books that civilized society has felt
compelled to disassociate itself from his works? This volume forces
us to rethink Sade.
Included are essays by Kathy Acker, David Allison, Georges
Bataille, Catherine Cusset, Lucienne Frappier-Mazur, Annie Le Brun,
Alphonso Lingis, Stephen Pfohl, Deepak Narang Sawhney, Philippe
Sollers, and Alistair Welchman.
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