Edmiston’s articulate argument [leaves] the reader [...] not so much with the perception or label of Sade as an ‘eighteenth-century queer theorist’ (p.228-29), but rather with the impression of the man’s brilliance and audacity as a depicter of the complex nature of human sexuality- New Perspectives on the eighteenth century

• IntroductionSade, a queer theorist? What is queer theory? ‘Sodomie’ and ‘antiphysique’ in the writings of SadeCorpus and other details1. Sade’s erotic novels: can we read them as queer? Sex (anatomy): female/maleGender (behavior): masculine/feminineSexuality: (object-choice of sexual pleasure) homosexual/heterosexual2. Nature, sodomy, semantics and queer discourseNatureSodomy: queer discourseSemanticsPractice or proclivity? 3. Atrocities of a quite different kind: non-normative eroticism in Aline et ValcourIncest in the frame narrativeHomosexuality and incest in the embedded narratives4. Queering the MarquisConclusionBibliography Index

Edmiston’s articulate argument [leaves] the reader [...] not so much with the perception or label of Sade as an ‘eighteenth-century queer theorist’ (p.228-29), but rather with the impression of the man’s brilliance and audacity as a depicter of the complex nature of human sexuality- New Perspectives on the eighteenth century

• IntroductionSade, a queer theorist? What is queer theory? ‘Sodomie’ and ‘antiphysique’ in the writings of SadeCorpus and other details1. Sade’s erotic novels: can we read them as queer? Sex (anatomy): female/maleGender (behavior): masculine/feminineSexuality: (object-choice of sexual pleasure) homosexual/heterosexual2. Nature, sodomy, semantics and queer discourseNatureSodomy: queer discourseSemanticsPractice or proclivity? 3. Atrocities of a quite different kind: non-normative eroticism in Aline et ValcourIncest in the frame narrativeHomosexuality and incest in the embedded narratives4. Queering the MarquisConclusionBibliography Index

Edmiston’s articulate argument [leaves] the reader [...] not so much with the perception or label of Sade as an ‘eighteenth-century queer theorist’ (p.228-29), but rather with the impression of the man’s brilliance and audacity as a depicter of the complex nature of human sexuality- New Perspectives on the eighteenth century

• IntroductionSade, a queer theorist? What is queer theory? ‘Sodomie’ and ‘antiphysique’ in the writings of SadeCorpus and other details1. Sade’s erotic novels: can we read them as queer? Sex (anatomy): female/maleGender (behavior): masculine/feminineSexuality: (object-choice of sexual pleasure) homosexual/heterosexual2. Nature, sodomy, semantics and queer discourseNatureSodomy: queer discourseSemanticsPractice or proclivity? 3. Atrocities of a quite different kind: non-normative eroticism in Aline et ValcourIncest in the frame narrativeHomosexuality and incest in the embedded narratives4. Queering the MarquisConclusionBibliography Index