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Literature and Evil

By Georges Bataille
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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In Literature and Evil, Georges Bataille explores the complex relationship between transgressive literature and its intrinsic connection to notions of evil. Through insightful essays, Bataille examines how writers confront and dissect dark, taboo subjects, arguing that engaging with evil is an essential aspect of literature's power and relevance. This book delves into the provocative natures of authors like Emily Brontë, Charles Baudelaire, and others to explore their works' moral and existential dimensions.
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You might enjoy this book if you're intrigued by the relationship between art, literature, and philosophical concepts of transgression and morality. The author’s exploration of how evil manifests in various literary works offers a unique perspective on the complexities of human nature. It's ideal for those who appreciate deep, challenging discussions within the realm of arts and culture.

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Literature and Evil

A collection of essays that explores subjects such as violence, eroticism, childhood, myth and transgression.

Literature is not innocent,' stated Georges Bataille in this extraordinary 1957 collection of essays, arguing that only by acknowledging its complicity with the knowledge of evil can literature communicate fully and intensely.

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An extraordinary collection of essays arguing for literature's complicity with evil, new to Penguin Modern Classics.

Literature is not innocent, stated Georges Bataille in this extraordinary 1957 collection of essays, arguing that only by acknowledging its complicity with the knowledge of evil can literature communicate fully and intensely.

These literary profiles of eight authors and their work, including Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights, Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal, and the writings of Sade, Kafka, and Sartre, explore subjects such as violence, eroticism, childhood, myth, and transgression, in a work of rich allusion and powerful argument.

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Literature and Evil by Georges Bataille explores the complex relationship between transgression and creativity in literature. It delves into how literary works intersect with themes of excess and taboo. Critics have noted Bataille's ability to intellectualise the erotic and view his approach as both intellectually stimulating and provocatively unsettling.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141195575

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 June 2012

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

  • Translated by Alastair Hamilton

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 11.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 150g

Pages: 192

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Arts & Culture Georges Bataille Non-Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics Series: Penguin Modern Classics

About the Author

Georges Bataille, French essayist and novelist, was born in 1897. He converted to Catholicism, then to Marxism, and was interested in psychoanalysis and mysticism. As curator of the municipal library in Orleans, he led a relatively simple life, although he became involved, usually on the fringes, with the surrealist movement. He founded the literary review Critique in 1946, which he edited until his death in 1962, and was also a founder of the review Documents, which published many of the leading surrealist writers. His writing is a mixture of poetry and philosophy, fantasy and history, and his first novel, Story of the Eye, was written under the pseudonym of Lord Auch. Bataille's other works include the novels Blue of Noon, L'Abbe C and My Mother, and the volumes of essays Eroticism and Literature and Evil.

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