The Sadeian Woman: An Exercise in Cultural History by Angela Carter

The Sadeian Woman: An Exercise in Cultural History

Angela Carter

160 pages first pub 1978 (editions)

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"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 worl...

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