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The Mystified Magistrate: And Other Tales

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Mystified Magistrate: And Other Tales
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Marquis de Sade
Translated by Richard Seaver
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:224
Dimensions(mm): Height ,Width 140
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Short stories
ISBN/Barcode 9781611455120
ClassificationsDewey:843.6
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Skyhorse Publishing
Imprint Arcade Publishing
Publication Date 21 June 2012
Publication Country United States

Description

The Marquis de Sade is known variously to history as "the Divine Marquis" (the Surrealists) and "that monster author" (Napoleon)because of the daring originality and scandalous nature of much of his writing. What is less known, or virtually forgotten, is that he also possessed a dark but undeniable sense of humor. Visible in even his most outrageous and somber publications, it burst into full bloom in his shorter works of fiction. The great virtue of this volume is that it reveals that lighter, comic side of Sade. He was a man obsessed, like many great writers, and his obsessions are still present here: his hatred of all things pretentious, his loathing of a corrupt judicial system, his damning of hypocrisy and false piety. One of the great anarchists of all time, he was nevertheless far from mad (as many pretended) and these works of fiction shed another light on this most feverish of minds. But however heavy the subject, The Mystified Magistrate is infused with a light touch; it is revealing but never offensive.

Author Biography

Marquis de Sade, or Donatien-Alphonse-Francois de Sade, was born in 1740 into an aristocratic French family. Infamous for his libertine ways and volatile temper, he spent half his adult life behind bars under five different regimes. In prison, he became a writer-though he is most famous for his often censored erotic works, his political criticism influenced twentieth-century philosophers such as Barthes, Derrida, and Foucault. Richard Seaver was a publisher, editor, and translator. He passed away in 2009.