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Tears of Eros is the culmination of Georges Bataille's inquiries into the relationship between violence and the sacred. Taking up such figures as Giles de Rais, Erzebet Bathory, the Marquis de Sade, El Greco, Gustave Moreau, Andre Breton, Voodoo practitioners, and Chinese torture victims, Bataille reveals their common obsession: death.
This essay, illustrated with artwork from every era, was developed out of ideas explored in Erotism: Death and Sexuality and Prehistoric Painting: Lascaux or the Birth of Art. In it Bataille examines death—the "little death" that follows sexual climax, the proximate death in sadomasochistic practices, and death as part of religious ritual and sacrifice.
"Bataille is one of the most important writers of the century."— Michel Foucault
Georges Bataille was born in Billom, France, in 1897. He was a librarian by profession. Also a philosopher, novelist, and critic he was founder of the College of Sociology. In 1959, Bataille began Tears of Eros, and it was completed in 1961, his final work. City Lights published two of his other works: Story of the Eye and The Impossible. Bataille died in 1962.
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French
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- PublisherCity Lights Publishers
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0872862224
- ISBN 13 9780872862227
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages213
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out of print, 1981. translated by peter connor. this book has been described as "the culmination of george bataille's inquiries into the relationship between violence and the sacred." considering figures like "giles de rais, erzebet bathory, the marquis de sade, el greco, gustave moreau, andre breton, voodoo practitioners, and chinese torture victims, bataille reveals their common obsession: death." san francisco: city lights books. isbn: 978-0-87286-222-7. 213 pages. 7 x 8". softcover. bound in colored paper wrappers. book condition: light shelfwear throughout. very good +. Seller Inventory # 1037
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