How has torture shaped art? This book explores in an unprecedented way the links between physical suffering and artistic creation. Beyond the simple representation of torture, the work analyzes how this extreme experience has modified literary and artistic forms themselves. By traversing the centuries, from antiquity to the present day, it reveals how violence has influenced discourses, genres, and artistic techniques. An essential study to understand how art, far from being a mere reflection of reality, is also a tool to question and transform the world.
1 Les dictionnaires à la tortureâ: supplice, torture, gêne, question, tourment dans les dictionnaires de langue au XVIIe siècle
âNathalie Fournier
10 Supplices pour rireâ: les châtiments de Priape
âDaniel Vallat
11 «âAimer câest souffrirâ», ou lâart du suppliceâ: Rachilde et Mirbeau
âAnita StaroÅ
12 Sous la casaque et sous la robeâ: Gaston Dubois-Desaulle (1873-1903), de lâantimilitarisme à la pornographie
âSarah Al-Matary
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This book will appeal to both students and scholars, as well as anyone interested in the history of ideas, comparative literature, film studies, cultural studies, and philosophy.