Was La Comtesse de S gur a sadist, as many critics have suggested? True, there are as many whips in her novels as in a torture chamber. The pages are filled with illustrations befitting of sado-masochistic fantasies: cruel parents and guardians flagellating half-naked children. This in-depth study is a defense of this misunderstood and misrepresented nineteenth-century French author. It explores specific accusations of sadism against S gur and reinterprets the violent scenes in her novels against the backdrop of these accusations.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0820442542
ISBN13:9780820442549
Release Date:October 1999
Publisher:Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
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