The Misfortunes of Virtue, and Other Early Tales (The World's Classics) - Softcover

Marquis De Sade

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9780192828637: The Misfortunes of Virtue, and Other Early Tales (The World's Classics)

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ISBN 10: 0192828630 ISBN 13: 9780192828637

Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr (T), 1992

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Revered by Enlightenment and Victorian thinkers, de Sade was recognized as a founding father by the Surrealists, and holds a prominent place in the history of modernism and post-modernism. This selection of his early writings, some appearing in English translation for the first time, reveals the full range of his sobering moods and considerable talents. This book is intended for students of eighteenth-century French literature; the Enlightenment; the French Revolution; European cultural studies. Translated and edited by: Coward, David (University of Leeds);

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David Coward, Senior Lecturer in French, University of Leeds.

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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

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