Rachilde and "l'amour compliqué"
Abstract
In the evolution of 'l'amour compliqué" that Barrès discerns in Rachilde's novels, male characters are stripped of masculinity and weapons, become vulnerable and sexless, while the women turn into predators and warriors. Yet if one examines Monsieur Vénus, La Marquise de Sade, and La Jongleuse, a change in the author's attitude toward the conflict between sexes becomes apparent. What one sees in Rachilde's works is the emergence of a death-dedicated love, one that does more than fight against the "phallocrates" dominion, but that submerges sexuality in a true "pulsion de mort".Metrics
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