Journey to Italy / Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade ; translated, introduced, and annotated by James A. Steintrager.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sade, marquis de, 1740-1814, author.

Contributor:

Steintrager, James A., 1965- translator.

Series:

Lorenzo da Ponte Italian library.

Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library

Standardized Title:

Voyage d'Italie. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Sade, marquis de, 1740-1814--Travel--Italy.

Sade.

Authors, French--Travel--Italy.

Authors, French.

Authors, French--18th century--Biography.

Italy--Social life and customs--18th century.

Italy.

Italy--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.

Genre:

Early works.

Biographies.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (833 pages).

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2020]

Summary:

"In the mid-1770s, the Marquis de Sade fled to Italy from France after being accused of mistreatment by multiple prostitutes and sentenced to death by sodomy and poisoning. This book is an English translation of his Voyage d'Italie, an unfinished and unpolished project that he wrote while travelling throughout Florence, Rome and Naples for about a year. Blending travel writing and philosophy, the work includes descriptions and analyses of the Italian landscape, architecture, and art, as well as examinations of the social more and culture practices of the Italian people. In his substantial introduction and extensive annotations, James A. Steintrager demonstrates how Sade's travels in and writings about Italy would have a major impact on his later, much more famous and controversial works, including The 120 Days of Sodom (1785) and Justine (1791)."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction: A Guide to Sade's Grand Tour of Italy and the Road to Infamy

Notes on the Text and Translation

Journey to Italy

I Florence and the Start of the Journey from La Coste

II Rome

III [Environs of Rome:] Journey to Frascati, Grottaferrata, Marino, Castel Gandolfo, Albano, and Ariccia

IV Naples

V Environs of Naples

VI Route from Rome to Naples or from Naples to Rome

Dossiers and Correspondence

Dossier I General Material

Dossier II Florence

Dossier III Rome

Correspondence

Bibliography

Name Index

Subject Index

Colour plates

Notes:

Translation of: Voyage d'Italie.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4875-3306-3

1-4875-3305-5

OCLC:

1128823277