Was La Comtesse de Segur a sadist, as many critics have suggested? True, there are as many whips in her novels as in a torture chamber. The pages are filled with illustrations befitting of sado-masochistic fantasies: cruel parents and guardians flagellating half-naked children. This in-depth study is a defense of this misunderstood and misrepresented nineteenth-century French author. It explores specific accusations of sadism against Segur and reinterprets the violent scenes in her novels against the backdrop of these accusations.
| ISBN: | 9780820442549 |
| Publication date: | 1st October 1999 |
| Author: | Lisette Luton |
| Publisher: | P. Lang an imprint of Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc. |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 118 pages |
| Series: | Currents in Comparative Romance Languages and Literatures |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Sociology Sociology: family and relationships Philosophy and theory of education |
Was La Comtesse de Segur a sadist, as many critics have suggested? True, there are as many whips in her novels as in a torture chamber. The pages are filled with illustrations befitting of sado-masochistic fantasies: cruel parents and guardians flagellating half-naked children. This in-depth study is a defense of this misunderstood and misrepresented nineteenth-century French author. It explores specific accusations of sadism against Segur and reinterprets the violent scenes in her novels against the backdrop of these accusations.
La Comtesse De Ségur features in the following genres: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Sociology, Sociology: family and relationships, Philosophy and theory of education
La Comtesse De Ségur is available in Hardback
La Comtesse De Ségur was written by Lisette Luton and published by P. Lang an imprint of Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc.
La Comtesse De Ségur has 118 pages
Yes it is part of Currents in Comparative Romance Languages and Literatures series