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Re-assessing the Marquis de Sade - Audio

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.

  • 1 minute 4 seconds
    Re-assessing the Marquis de Sade
    A short introduction to this album.
    12 October 2009, 3:33 am
  • Transcript -- Re-assessing the Marquis de Sade
    Transcript -- A short introduction to this album.
    12 October 2009, 3:33 am
  • 14 minutes 55 seconds
    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.
    12 October 2009, 3:32 am
  • 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.
    12 October 2009, 3:32 am
  • 12 minutes 14 seconds
    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?
    12 October 2009, 3:31 am
  • 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?
    12 October 2009, 3:31 am
  • 8 minutes 18 seconds
    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.
    12 October 2009, 3:30 am
  • 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.
    12 October 2009, 3:30 am
  • 10 minutes 36 seconds
    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.
    12 October 2009, 3:29 am
  • 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.
    12 October 2009, 3:29 am
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