The Sadeian Woman

Virago 50th Anniversary Edition

Angela Carter

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Virago Press Ltd
13 June 2023

Erotic fiction; Society & Social Sciences; Social issues & processes; Feminism & feminist theory; Sexual behaviour

Series: Virago Modern Classics

'The tone is one of intellectual relish . . . rational . . . refined .

. . witty' NEW STATESMAN

'Her work is funny, sexy, frightening and brutal' EDMUND GORDON, GUARDIAN

'Angela Carter liked to blur boundaries and break rules' GABY WOOD, INDEPENDENT

Celebrating five decades of the feminist publisher, each of the Five Gold Reads represents an iconic moment in Virago's history, from the 1970s to today.

'Sexuality is power' - so says the Marquis de Sade, philosopher and pornographer extraordinaire. His virtuous Justine keeps to the rules laid down by men, her reward rape and humiliation; his Juliette, Justine's triumphantly monstrous antithesis, viciously exploits her sexuality. In a world where all tenderness is false, all beds are minefields.

But now Sade has met his match.

With invention and genius, Angela Carter takes on these outrageous figments of his extreme imagination, and transforms them into symbols of our time - the Hollywood sex goddesses, mothers and daughters, pornography, even the sacred shrines of sex and marriage lie devastatingly exposed before our eyes. Angela Carter delves into the viscera of our distorted sexuality and reveals a dazzling vision of love which admits neither of conqueror nor of conquered.

By: Angela Carter
Imprint: Virago Press Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 126mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 180g
ISBN: 9780349017419
ISBN 10: 0349017417
Series: Virago Modern Classics
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 13 June 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

One of Britain's most original writers, Angela Carter was highly lauded for her novels, short stories and journalism. She died in February 1992.

Reviews for The Sadeian Woman: Virago 50th Anniversary Edition

Angela Carter is neither ordinary nor timid. The tone is one of intellectual relish ... rational ... refined ... witty * New Statesman * The boldest of English women writers -- Lorna Sage Her work is funny, sexy, frightening and brutal, and is always shaped by a keen, subversive intelligence and a style of luxuriant beauty -- Edmund Gordon * The Guardian * Angela Carter liked to blur boundaries and break rules -- Gaby Wood * Independent *