Of various introductions, this article also explores the dubious seductions practised by the cover art of recent Sade editions. As well as examining the editorial matter Through such appropriations Sade becomes by turnsīibliophile, sexologist, surrealist, philosopher and, finally, canonical author. With more than a passing resemblance to the editor or critic presenting him. Process of introduction proves to be simultaneously one of appropriation, as Sade is transformed time and again into a figure This article explores the ways in which editions of Sade's works have presented and packaged the so-called divin marquis and his oeuvre, from the early, privately circulated editions of the 1880s to the most recent paperbacks. Gilbert Lely'sġ967 edition of Les 120 Journées de Sodome, for example, contains no fewer than five prefaces, including essays sexological, psychoanalytical and philosophical in scope.
For an author who needs little introduction, the Marquis de Sade has in fact been introduced a great deal.
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