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Leopold Ritter von Sacher-Masoch (German: [ˈleːopɔlt fɔn ˈzaxɐ ˈmaːzɔx]; 27 January 1836 – 9 March 1895) was an Austrian nobleman, writer and journalist, who gained renown for his romantic stories of Galician life.
The name Leopold von Sacher-Masoch is irrevocably associated with a sexual need to be dominated or punished. At the time of their publication, his writings illustrated a broadly articulated nineteenth century trend in western culture's reimaging of the beautiful woman as a femme fatale who sexually victimizes the man.
Austrian writer and journalist, who gained renown for his romantic stories of Galician life. The term masochism is derived from his name. During his lifetime, Sacher-Masoch was well known as a man of letters, a utopian thinker who espoused socialist and humanist ideals in his fiction and non-fiction.
Jan 27, 2019 · Leopold von Sacher-Masoch: Much More than Masochism. January 27, 2019. While today the term “masochism” is widely known, few know its origin, let alone anything about the man behind the name—Leopold von Sacher-Masoch.
Apr 6, 2018 · On Serbska Street, just off Rynok Square in the heart of the Old Town, is a statue of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, the man whose surname gave rise to the term masochism. Sacher-Masoch spent the first twelve years of his life in Lemberg (Lviv’s German name at the time).
…derives from the name of Chevalier Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, an Austrian who wrote extensively about the satisfaction he gained by being beaten and subjugated. The amount of pain involved can vary from ritual humiliation with little violence to severe whipping or beating; generally the masochist retains some control over the…
Sacher-Masoch knew Frank's biography and even wrote a story based on it entitled 'Der Prophet von Offenbach', Frankfurter Zeitung, 24 (January 1889). I thank Dr Israel Bartal for this reference and for his assistance with my questions on Frankism.
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, whose name was appropriated by the late nineteenth-century sexologist Richard von Krafft-Ebing to form the coor- dinate point "masochism" in the positioning system of Western psychiatry,
Leopold Ritter von Sacher-Masoch (27 January 1836 – 9 March 1895) was an Austrian writer and journalist, who became famous for his romantic stories about Galician life. The word masochism comes from his name.
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, a Galician from Lemberg, attracted attention at this time [the mid 19th century]. His hour of fame, however, only struck after 1870. His novels will perhaps play a role in the history of mental illness, but for literature they no longer exist, if only because of their clumsy form. Alone his novella, Don
