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 |