The Marqui de Sade
An Analytical Critique of Lorna Berman's
'The Marquis de Sade and his Critics'
Since the beginning of this semester we have been studying the idea of utopia in literature and of a 'perfect society' in accordance with the different time periods each was written. Possibly the most intriguing author I believe we have considered so far has had to have been the Marquis de Sade. In our quest to define utopia no writer has expanded
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attainment of liberty. There are indeed no seatbelts with Sade, or for that matter, boundaries. Perhaps that is what has made him as controversial a subject today as he was then and has similarly etched his name in the echelons of literature for some time to come.
Bibliography
Berman, Lorna. The Marquis de Sade and his Critics Mosaic: A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature {Winnipeg, Canada} 1, no.2 (1968)Study of Literature {Winnipeg, Canada} 1, no.2 (1968)
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