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| − | 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]]. | + | Donatien Alphonse François, '''Marquis de Sade''' (1740-1814) was an infamous French [[aristocrat]] and [[author]] of heavily [[philosophy|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 others, is named after him. Marquis de Sade was an [[atheism|atheist]]. [http://www.trivia-library.com/a/biography-of-famous-atheist-marquis-de-sade.htm] | [[Sadism]], a [[paraphilia]] in which pleasure is derived from inflicting pain or seeing pain being inflicted on others, is named after him. Marquis de Sade was an [[atheism|atheist]]. [http://www.trivia-library.com/a/biography-of-famous-atheist-marquis-de-sade.htm] | ||
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, even though some of them have been highly influential; ''Juliet'', a book released early in his career, has been imitated right up until the present, most recently by [[radical feminism|radical feminist]] [[Andrea Dworkin]]. | 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, even though some of them have been highly influential; ''Juliet'', a book released early in his career, has been imitated right up until the present, most recently by [[radical feminism|radical feminist]] [[Andrea Dworkin]]. | ||
| − | ''[[The 120 Days of Sodom]]'', perhaps his most notorious book, 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 | + | ''[[The 120 Days of Sodom]]'', perhaps his most notorious book, was written by the Marquis whilst imprisoned in the [[Bastille]], where he witnessed daily executions from his window during the [[Reign of Terror]]. This book was adapted by controversial director [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]] in that director's final and most radically offensive film.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073650/</ref> The last years of the Marquis' life were spent in an [[insanity|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'',<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0180073/</ref> as well as in the dramatic film ''Quills''.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0180073/</ref> |
His work was largely banned in the USA until the relaxation of obscenity laws in 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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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 others, is named after him. Marquis de Sade was an atheist. [1]
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, even though some of them have been highly influential; Juliet, a book released early in his career, has been imitated right up until the present, most recently by radical feminist Andrea Dworkin.
The 120 Days of Sodom, perhaps his most notorious book, was written by the Marquis whilst imprisoned in the Bastille, where he witnessed daily executions from his window during the Reign of Terror. This book was adapted by controversial director Pier Paolo Pasolini in that director's final and most radically offensive film.[1] The last years of the Marquis' 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,[2] as well as in the dramatic film Quills.[3]
His work was largely banned in the USA until the relaxation of obscenity laws in the 1950s and 1960s.