Podcasts by Re-assessing the Marquis de Sade - Audio
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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Transcript -- Re-assessing the Marquis de Sade from 2009-10-12T04:33:52
A short introduction to this album.
ListenThe materialist philosophy from 2009-10-12T04:32:53
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.
ListenTranscript -- The materialist philosophy from 2009-10-12T04:32:52
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.
ListenNormalising the abnormal from 2009-10-12T04:31:53
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?
ListenTranscript -- Normalising the abnormal from 2009-10-12T04:31:52
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?
ListenTranscript -- De sade and the french revolution from 2009-10-12T04:30:52
How did the revolution inspire and inform de Sade's writing, if at all? The historical aspect and de Sade's personal experiences are analysed and explained.
ListenHorror and imprisonment from 2009-10-12T04:29:53
Imprisoned for much of his adult life, de Sade's writings are rife with institutional motifs. This discussion highlights and explains principal autobiographical and fictional examples.
ListenTranscript -- Horror and imprisonment from 2009-10-12T04:29:52
Transcript -- Imprisoned for much of his adult life, de Sade's writings are rife with institutional motifs. This discussion highlights and explains principal autobiographical and fictional examples.
ListenTranscript -- Horror and imprisonment from 2009-10-12T04:29:52
Transcript -- Imprisoned for much of his adult life, de Sade's writings are rife with institutional motifs. This discussion highlights and explains principal autobiographical and fictional examples.
ListenTranscript -- Horror and imprisonment from 2009-10-12T04:29:52
Imprisoned for much of his adult life, de Sade's writings are rife with institutional motifs. This discussion highlights and explains principal autobiographical and fictional examples.
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