The Marquis de Sade and the Avant-Garde by Alyee Mahon (Princeton University Press, 2020) Hardcover

The Marquis de Sade and the Avant-Garde by Alyee Mahon (Princeton University Press, 2020) HardcoverAlyee Mahon. The Marquis de Sade and the Avant Garde. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2020. Hardcover. 284 pages. Condition: Near Fine. Very minor shelf wear. Description from the publisher: The writings of the Marquis de Sade (17401814) present a libertine philosophy of sexual excess and human suffering that refuses to make any concession to law, religion, or public decency. In this groundbreaking cultural history, Alyce Mahon traces how

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