Literature and Evil
- Pages
- 208
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780714503462
- Reading Time
- ~3h 38min
Literature and Evil is a book by Georges Bataille. It has 208 pages.
About this book
”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.
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Literature and Evil has 208 pages.
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”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...
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Literature and Evil was written by Georges Bataille.