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Story of O: Eros, Paris & Surrealism
Story of O: Eros, Paris & Surrealism in Bloomington, MN
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THE STORY BEHIND ONE OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL NOVELS OF THE 20
TH
CENTURY.
A richly detailed look at
Histoire d'o
from its original publication in 1954 to the present. Author
Reese Saxment
situates
O
in the cultural, literary and political world of Paris during the decade after liberation, and explores how the novel is informed by Surrealist thinking, and can be read as a Surrealist text.
Story of O: Eros, Paris & Surrealism
is scintillating literary scholarship that breathes new life into this groundbreaking novel. In 1954 a groundbreaking book was published in Paris -
Story of O
, by 'Pauline Réage' - the first truly erotic novel by a woman writer in modern times - a distinction for which it has been both celebrated and condemned ever since. The Paris in which
appeared was a city simultaneously in the throes of political crisis and brilliant cultural revival. As it struggled to recover after the Second World War, the onset of the Cold War polarised French politics into power-blocs of the right and the Communist left. But between these poles a renaissance of literary and philosophical movements flourished, all conscious of the need for a 'Third Way.' Prominent in this renaissance was a revitalized interest in
érotisme noir
, Existentialism, Feminine Humanism, and new waves in psychoanalysis, Surrealism and mysticism. It was in this cultural resurgence that
was written and published. The woman who masqueraded as 'Pauline Réage' was herself a figure of considerable significance in the French literary world, and her novel provides a touchstone for all of the cultural movements thriving in Paris at the time - particularly Surrealism. Ever since, in the continuing struggle between life, love and liberty, and suppression, prohibition and censorship,
still lights a way forward toward freedom of imagination, expression and desire.
TH
CENTURY.
A richly detailed look at
Histoire d'o
from its original publication in 1954 to the present. Author
Reese Saxment
situates
O
in the cultural, literary and political world of Paris during the decade after liberation, and explores how the novel is informed by Surrealist thinking, and can be read as a Surrealist text.
Story of O: Eros, Paris & Surrealism
is scintillating literary scholarship that breathes new life into this groundbreaking novel. In 1954 a groundbreaking book was published in Paris -
Story of O
, by 'Pauline Réage' - the first truly erotic novel by a woman writer in modern times - a distinction for which it has been both celebrated and condemned ever since. The Paris in which
appeared was a city simultaneously in the throes of political crisis and brilliant cultural revival. As it struggled to recover after the Second World War, the onset of the Cold War polarised French politics into power-blocs of the right and the Communist left. But between these poles a renaissance of literary and philosophical movements flourished, all conscious of the need for a 'Third Way.' Prominent in this renaissance was a revitalized interest in
érotisme noir
, Existentialism, Feminine Humanism, and new waves in psychoanalysis, Surrealism and mysticism. It was in this cultural resurgence that
was written and published. The woman who masqueraded as 'Pauline Réage' was herself a figure of considerable significance in the French literary world, and her novel provides a touchstone for all of the cultural movements thriving in Paris at the time - particularly Surrealism. Ever since, in the continuing struggle between life, love and liberty, and suppression, prohibition and censorship,
still lights a way forward toward freedom of imagination, expression and desire.
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