softness -> RE: Would you submit to the Marquis de Sade? (7/3/2008 9:57:05 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Mercnbeth ~ Fast Reply ~ As 'softness' points out, the Marquis was a writer of fiction. He was politically and, perhaps, monetarily motivated. A minor league aristocrat he also had a goal of poking fun at religious hypocrisy. His torture references, and stories, were inspired from the Inquisitor's Handbook. The fact that he sexualized torture and admitted that giving and receiving pain aroused him was what made him unique. That is, 'unique' is writing about it, and publishing it for the 'masses'. In his time sexual torture and hedonistic pleasures of the flesh was a franchise limited to the hierarchy of the Church and the ruling class. His crime was letting it be know to the general public. You can say he was the Larry Flint of his day. Creating 'buzz' for his work by making its politically incorrect subject matter. nods .. the Marquis was making a wild and inflammatory statement about personal freedom in a time when drastic oppression was the norm. Sexual experimentation was *his* way of exploring his personal intellectual freedom. great thread ... I even just got Eugenie de Franval off the bookshelf .,.. man this one is *dusty*
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