How Long to Read The Marquis de Sade and the Avant-Garde

How Long Does it Take to Read The Marquis de Sade and the Avant-Garde?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 9 minutes to read The Marquis de Sade and the Avant-Garde by Alyce Mahon

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

"This is the first book to examine the cultural history of Marquis de Sade's (1740-1814) philosophical ideas and their lasting influence on political and artistic debates. An icon of free expression, Sade lived through France's Reign of Terror, and his writings offer both a pitiless mirror on humanity and a series of subversive metaphors that allow for the exploration of political, sexual, and psychological terror. Generations of avant-garde writers and artists have responded to Sade's philosophy as a means of liberation and as a radical engagement with social politics and sexual desire, writing fiction modelled on Sade's novels, illustrating luxury editions of his works, and translating his ideas into film, photography, and painting. In The Sadean Imagination, Alyce Mahon examines how Sade used images and texts as forms that could explore and dramatize the concept of terror on political, physical, and psychic levels, and how avant-garde artists have continued to engage in a complex dialogue with his works. Studying Sade's influence on art from the French Revolution through the twentieth century, Mahon examines works ranging from Anne Desclos's The Story of O, to images, texts, and films by Man Ray, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Guillaume Apollinaire, Jean-Jacques Lebel, and Peter Brook. She also discusses writings and responses to Sade by feminist theorists including Angela Carter and Judith Butler. Throughout, she shows how Sade's work challenged traditional artistic expectations and pushed the boundaries of the body and the body politic, inspiring future artists, writers, and filmmakers to imagine and portray the unthinkable"--

How long is The Marquis de Sade and the Avant-Garde?

The Marquis de Sade and the Avant-Garde by Alyce Mahon is 299 pages long, and a total of 77,441 words.

This makes it 101% the length of the average book. It also has 95% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Marquis de Sade and the Avant-Garde Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 3 minutes to read The Marquis de Sade and the Avant-Garde aloud.

What Reading Level is The Marquis de Sade and the Avant-Garde?

The Marquis de Sade and the Avant-Garde is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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