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Sadeian Woman

by Angela Carter

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Publisher Comments:

"Sexuality is power," wrote the Marquis de Sade. His virtuous Justine kept to the rules laid down by men, her reward rape and humiliation; his Juliette, Justine's triumphantly monstrous antithesis, viciously exploited her sexuality. This is a world where all tenderness is false, and all beds are minefields. But now Sade has met his match. With invention and genius, celebrated novelist Angela Carter takes on these figments of his extreme imagination and transforms them into symbols of our timethe Hollywood sex goddesses, mothers and daughters, pornography, even the sacred shrines of sex and marriage lie devastatingly exposed before our eyes. Carter delves into the viscera of our distorted sexuality and reveals a stunning vision of love that admits neither the conqueror nor the conquered. It is a dazzling meditation on women's sexual freedom.

About the Author

One of Britain's most original writers, Angela Carter was highly lauded for her novels, short stories, and journalism. She died in February 1992.

Product Details

ISBN:
9781844083770
Subtitle:
An Exercise in Cultural History
Author:
Carter, Angela
Publisher:
Virago Press (UK)
Subject:
Women
Subject:
Sexuality
Subject:
European - French
Subject:
Women and literature
Subject:
Women's Studies - General
Subject:
Women's Studies
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Publication Date:
October 2006
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
181
Dimensions:
776x500x56 34

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