Anti-Justine
| Author | Nicolas-Edme Rétif (writing as Jean-Pierre Linguet) |
|---|---|
Publication date | 1798/1863 |
Anti-Justine is a French pornographic novel by Nicolas Restif de la Bretonne (1734–1806), published in 1798. It was written to oppose the political philosophy of the Marquis de Sade as expressed in Justine.
The original edition is incomplete. It was published pseudonymously and only four copies survive. In 1863, an anonymous publication was made by an unknown person. In 1864, Auguste Poulet-Malassis privately printed a superior edition.
Texts
- Restif de La Bretonne. L'Anti-Justine at Project Gutenberg - French only.
References
- Aleksic, Branko (2003). "Sur L'Anti-Justine : (compléments à la Notice bibliographique du n° 34)". Études rétiviennes (35): 215–220. ISSN 0295-3730.
- Bloch, Iwan (2002). Marquis de Sade: His Life and Works. The Minerva Group. pp. 249–250. ISBN 1-58963-567-1.
- Porter, Charles Allan (1967). Restif's novels: or, An autobiography in search of an author. Yale Romantic studies. Yale University Press. pp. 384–389.
- Young, Paul J. (2008). Seducing the eighteenth-century French reader: reading, writing, and the question of pleasure. Ashgate Publishing. p. 124. ISBN 978-0-7546-6417-8.