Alfred Jarry spent his brief and turbulent life experimenting with genres of fiction. In his last few years, he created a new literary form: the absurdist speculative essay. R J Dent’s new English translation of Speculations contains sixty-eight of Jarry’s … Continue reading →
Inspired by Louis Aragon’s obscure surrealist text, R J Dent’s 21st century adaptation of Aragon’s absurdist tale recounts the adventures of Jean-Fucque Le Cocque, a large, disembodied penis who had a series of exploits and encounters around Paris. This English … Continue reading →
Isidore Ducasse (1846-1870), better known by his pen name Comte de Lautréamont, is the most influential writer most people have never heard of. Maldoror, the first of his two works, has been described as the most evil book ever written. It … Continue reading →
Charles Baudelaire’s erotic poems caused a scandal on their publication in 1857. The author and the publisher were prosecuted for publishing poems that were ‘an insult to public decency’ and six of the poems from that collection were suppressed. Those poems … Continue reading →
R J Dent’s brand-new English translation of the Marquis de Sade’s Some Thoughts on the Novel, originally published as Idée sur les romans in France in 1800, is now available as a paperback book from Oneiros Books. The author of … Continue reading →
The Marquis de Sade’s The Self-Made Cuckold, translated from the French by R J Dent, is a rare work sans the notorious content Sade is infamous for. Indeed, it contains no savagely violent orgies nor flagellation. This little gem is — … Continue reading →
Did the notorious author of Justine and The 120 Days of Sodom have a sense of humour? Indeed he did, and this story shows a side of Sade few have seen. Here is a witty, libertine tale, free of flagellation and sexual perversion. Instead, … Continue reading →
Jordy Michaels Leaps the Great Divide is a short story by R J Dent, published in Issue 38 of Philosophy Now. Here is a gallery (click an image to see image full size) of all the pages of the article.. … Continue reading →
R J Dent’s in depth feature article about the renowned fantasy and science fiction artist and illustrator, Rodney Matthews, appeared in Issue 41 of FEAR Magazine. The article, which includes a wide-ranging interview with Matthews, is entitled, Rodney Matthews: Another … Continue reading →
Two signed and dated copies of the Poems & Fragments of Alcaeus (Translated by R J Dent) are now available in the bookshop at the historic site of Pompeii in Italy. R J Dent visited the historic site in July … Continue reading →
