Marguerite Eymery, La Marquise de Sade

Helen Craske (University of Oxford)

Ed. by Cristina Sandru, The Literary Encyclopedia, Jennifer Yee, University of Oxford
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.05: French Writing and Culture: The Nineteenth-Century , 1800-1900.
Vol. editors: Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Nigel Harkness (University of Newcastle upon Tyne), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield), Jennifer Yee (University of Oxford)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1887

Places

France (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novel

Resources

Rachilde’s novel La Marquise de Sade was first published towards the end of 1886, although printed editions provide a publication year of 1887. Emblazoned with a deliberately provocative title, and displaying a panoply of fin-de-siècle tropes and themes, this novel further secured Rachilde’s status as Queen of the Decadents, and fanned the flames of infamy already attracted by the publication of Monsieur Vénus in 1884. However, La Marquise de Sade is more than just a reliquary of Decadence, since its unique blend of form, style, and shifting perspectives offer the reader and critic more nuanced, if often contradictory, visions of the very movement the work purportedly …

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Citation: Craske, Helen. "La Marquise de Sade". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 26 July 2017 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=22088, accessed 22 November 2024.]

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