Re-assessing the Marquis de Sade - Audio
By The Open University
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Description
Donatien 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 | A short introduction to this album. | 11 10 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Re-assessing the Marquis de Sade | Transcript -- A short introduction to this album. | 11 10 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The materialist philosophy | 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. | 11 10 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- The materialist philosophy | Transcript -- 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. | 11 10 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Normalising the abnormal | 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? | 11 10 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Normalising the abnormal | Transcript -- 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? | 11 10 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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De sade and the french revolution | 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. | 11 10 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- De sade and the french revolution | Transcript -- 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. | 11 10 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Horror and imprisonment | 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. | 11 10 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Horror and imprisonment | Transcript -- 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. | 11 10 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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