Literature and Evil - Softcover

Georges Bataille

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0714503460 ISBN 13: 9780714503462

Publisher: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, 2001

Synopsis

”Literature is not innocent,” Bataille declares in the preface to this unique collection of literary profiles. “It is guilty and should admit itself so.” The word, the flesh, and the devil are explored by this extraordinary intellect in the work of eight outstanding authors: Emily Bronte, Baudelaire, Blake, Michelet, Kafka, Proust, Genet and De Sade.

Born in France in 1897, Georges Bataille was a radical philosopher, novelist and critic whose writings continue to exert a vital influence on today's literature and thought.

About this title

About the Author:

Georges Bataille was born in France in 1897 and died in 1962. He was a philospher, novelist and critic who wrote on a wide range of topics, including eroticism, religion, anthropology and art, continuing to exert a vital influence on today's literature and thought. Other works published by Marion Boyars include Blue of Noon, My Mother Madame Edwarda and the Dead Man and Literature and Evil.

Language Notes:

Text: English, French (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0714503460
• ISBN 13: 9780714503462
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208