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Roberte ce soir ; and, The revocation of the Edict of Nantes / Pierre Klossowski ; introduction by Michael Perkins ; translated by Austryn Wainhouse ; illustrations by the author.

Title
Roberte ce soir ; and, The revocation of the Edict of Nantes / Pierre Klossowski ; introduction by Michael Perkins ; translated by Austryn Wainhouse ; illustrations by the author.
Author
Klossowski, Pierre.
Publication
Chicago : Dalkey Archive Press, 2002.

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Additional Authors
Wainhouse, Austryn
Description
214 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
Summary
"Like the works of Georges Bataille, and those of the Marquis de Sade before him, Klossowski's erotic fiction explores the connections between the mind and body. This pair of short novels merges the sexual misadventures of Octave, his striking young wife Roberte, and their nephew Antoine, with Klossowski's philosophical and theological concerns. Roberte Ce Soir is a dramatic enactment of Octave's ritual of hospitality in which Roberte offers herself to any guest who desires her, and The Revocation of the Edict of Nantes relates Roberte's predicament when she is forced to censor this same play. The resulting text represents one of the most provocative intellectual and sexual discourses of our time."--Jacket.
Uniform Title
Roberte ce soir. English
Alternative Title
  • Revocation of the Edict of Nantes.
  • Roberte ce soir ; and, The revocation of the Edict of Nantes
  • Roberte ce soir.
Subject
Sex > Fiction
Genre/Form
Fiction
Note
  • Originally published: New York : Grove Press, 1969.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
156478309X (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2001028784
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library