Screening the Marquis de Sade: Pleasure, Pain and the Transgressive Body in Film

"Since its publication, the works of the Marquis de Sade have challenged the reading public with a philosophy of relentless physical transgression. This is the first book-length academic study by a single author that applies the philosophy of the Marquisde Sade to the analysis of a wide array of film texts"--Provided by publisher.