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Line 1: − + − + − His most notorious book, The [[120 Days of Sodom]] was written by de Sade while he was imprisoned in the [[Bastille]]. The last years of his life were spent in an [[insane asylum]], though this may have been to avoid his mother-in-law, who, scandalised by his behaviour, had obtained a royal order for his arrest and indefinite detention; this has been dramatised in the play [[Marat/Sade]].+ − + − Books by Pauline Reage and [[Anne Rice]] reintroduced sado-masochistic pornography to the literary world with the cachet that smut can be well-written, literate and acceptable for sale in ordinary bookstores.
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Donatien Alphonse François, '''Marquis de Sade''' (1740-1814) was an infamous French [[aristocrat]] and [[author]]. The mental disorder known as [[Sadism]], whose sufferers derive pleasure from the pain of others, is named after him.
Donatien Alphonse François, '''Marquis de Sade''' (1740-1814) was an infamous French [[aristocrat]] and [[author]] of heavily [[philosophical]] [[pornography]], as well as more traditional [[essays]] on [[philosophy]]. [[Sadism]], a [[paraphilia]] in which pleasure is derived from inflicting pain or seeing pain being inflicted on another, is named after him.
His books featured [[murder]], [[torture]], [[blasphemy]] and grotesquely perverse sex scenes; they remain banned in many countries to the present day.
His books featured [[murder]], [[torture]], [[blasphemy]] and grotesque, [[violent]], and [[ritualistic]] sex. His more major works remain banned in many countries to the present day.
Perhaps his most notorious book, [[The 120 Days of Sodom]] was written by the Marquis whilst imprisoned in the [[Bastille]], where he witnessed daily executions from his window during the [[Reign of Terror]]. The last years of his life were spent in an [[insane]] [[asylum]], though the reasons for this vary depending on the source. His years in the asylum have been dramatised in the critically-acclaimed play (and later [[film]]) [[Marat/Sade]].
His works are obscene to a degree that was unparalleled in modern literature until the relaxation of obscenity laws which occurred during the [[sexual revolution]] of the 1950s and 1960s.
His work was largely banned in the USA until the relaxation of obscenity laws in the 1950s and 1960s.
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