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Le trésor de Charles Nodier – Esquisse d’une lexicoscopie romantique
2012
Article tiré d'une communication pour la journée d'étude "Nodier et la langue - la langue de Nodier" du 01/06/2012, co-organisée par Virginie Tellier, Sébastien Vacelet et Georges Zaragoza à l'Université de Bourgogne (Dijon). Voir URL ci-jointe :; International audience
"Nodier and sadism: the "monstrous turpitudes" of Smarra"
2021
Nodier studies have scarcely examined the relationship between Nodier and Sade, the first one having apparently done everything to lessen his interest in the sulphurous work of the marquis. However, little is known, Nodier is the inventor, or the propagator of the word “sadism” in the French language, which appeared for the first time in 1834, in the 8th edition of the "Dictionnaire Universel" by Boiste, that, precisely, revised, amended and largely amplified by Nodier. The objective of this article is to shed light on this immorality-stricken relationship between a writer concerned about his reputation and in search of respectability (Nodier was elected to the Académie française in 1833, a…