Idée sur les Romans. publiée avec préface, notes et documents inédits.

SADE, Donatien Alphonse François, marquis de. Octave UZANNE, editor.

Verlag: Édouard Rouveyre,, Paris, 1878

Beschreibung

One of 100 copies, this example one of 65 on Whatman paper, of Uzanne's influential edition of de Sade's most important and enduring critical essay. It had first appeared as a preface to Les crimes de l'amour (1799) and sought to trace the origins and development of the modern or psychological novel from classical literature to the eighteenth-century works of Rousseau, Voltaire, De Graffigny, Marivaux and Crébillon fils and in de Sade's own Aline et Valcourt. De Sade identifies Richardson and Fielding as the masters of the genre ('C'est Richardson, c'est Fielding qui nous ont appris que l'étude profonde du coeur de l'homme, véritable dédale de la nature, peut seul inspirer le romancier.') and he prefers Lewis to Radcliffe among gothic novelists. He also denies his authorship of Justine, attributed to him by contemporaries, writing 'jamais je n'ai fait de tels ouvrages, et je n'en ferai sûrement jamais.'Uzanne adds a bio-bibliographical preface, the latter portion providing a checklist of de Sade's works and a critical overview of nineteenth-century studies. 8vo (180 × 105 mm), pp. xlviii, 53, [11]. Partially uncut in original printed wrappers, preserved in modern red quarter morocco. Wrappers slightly thumbed, but a very good copy. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 3526

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Titel: Idée sur les Romans. publiée avec préface, ...

Verlag: Édouard Rouveyre,, Paris

Erscheinungsdatum: 1878

Einband: Softcover