10 episodi

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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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.

    Re-assessing the Marquis de Sade

    Re-assessing the Marquis de Sade

    A short introduction to this album.

    • 1m
    Transcript -- Re-assessing the Marquis de Sade

    Transcript -- Re-assessing the Marquis de Sade

    A short introduction to this album.

    The materialist philosophy

    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.

    • 14 min
    Transcript -- The materialist philosophy

    Transcript -- 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.

    Normalising the abnormal

    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 min
    Transcript -- Normalising the abnormal

    Transcript -- 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?

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