Re-assessing the Marquis de Sade - Audio
10 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 15 years ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsDonatien Alphonse François, better known as The Marquis de Sade, is infamous throughout literature and popular culture for a life and body of work that pushed boundaries. Literally synonymous with sexual and violent excess, his reputation as a writer is often clouded by the extreme nature of his work. In a series of lively and engaging discussions, Alex Barber, Angelica Goodden and Timo Airaksinen re-assess both the man and his writing in social, historical and literary contexts, providing an insight into an often-misunderstood figure with much to say about the culture that produced him. This material forms part of The Open University course A207 From Enlightenment to Romanticism c.1780-1830.
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Re-assessing the Marquis de Sade
October 12, 2009 03:33 - 1 minute - 1020 KBA short introduction to this album.
Transcript -- Re-assessing the Marquis de Sade
October 12, 2009 03:33 - 18.7 KB application/pdfTranscript -- A short introduction to this album.
The materialist philosophy
October 12, 2009 03:32 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBDe Sade's status as a literary philosopher and his relationship to materialist philosophy is expertly analysed, along with several pertinent readings from his works.
Transcript -- The materialist philosophy
October 12, 2009 03:32 - 35 KB application/pdfTranscript -- De Sade's status as a literary philosopher and his relationship to materialist philosophy is expertly analysed, along with several pertinent readings from his works.
Normalising the abnormal
October 12, 2009 03:31 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBDe Sade's works are filled with violent and sexual excess, but what are his motives for producing such provocative material? Shock, or something more?
Transcript -- Normalising the abnormal
October 12, 2009 03:31 - 32.4 KB application/pdfTranscript -- De Sade's works are filled with violent and sexual excess, but what are his motives for producing such provocative material? Shock, or something more?
De sade and the french revolution
October 12, 2009 03:30 - 8 minutes - 7.62 MBHow did the revolution inspire and inform de Sade's writing, if at all? The historical aspect and de Sade's personal experiences are analysed and explained.
Transcript -- De sade and the french revolution
October 12, 2009 03:30 - 28.2 KB application/pdfTranscript -- How did the revolution inspire and inform de Sade's writing, if at all? The historical aspect and de Sade's personal experiences are analysed and explained.
Horror and imprisonment
October 12, 2009 03:29 - 10 minutes - 9.73 MBImprisoned for much of his adult life, de Sade's writings are rife with institutional motifs. This discussion highlights and explains principal autobiographical and fictional examples.
Transcript -- Horror and imprisonment
October 12, 2009 03:29 - 30.2 KB application/pdfTranscript -- Imprisoned for much of his adult life, de Sade's writings are rife with institutional motifs. This discussion highlights and explains principal autobiographical and fictional examples.