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In a philosophical erotic narrative, an essay on poetry, and in
poems Georges Bataille pursues his guiding concept, the impossible.
The narrator engages in a journey, one reminiscent of the Grail
quest; failing, he experiences truth. He describes a movement
toward a disappearing object, the same elusive object that moved
Theresa of Avila and Catherine of Siena to ecstasy. "Humanity is
faced with a double perspective: in one direction, violent
pleasure, horror and death - precisely the perspective of poetry -
and in the opposite direction, that of science or the real world of
utility. Only the useful, the real, have a serious character. We
are never within our rights in preferring seduction to it: truth
has rights over us. Indeed it has every right. And yet we can, and
indeed we must respond to something which, not being God, is
stronger than every right, that impossible to which we accede only
by forgetting the truth of all these rights." -Georges Bataille
Georges Bataille (1897-1962) was a French intellectual and literary
icon who wrote essays, novels, and poems exploring philosophical
and sociological subjects such as eroticism and surrealism. City
Lights published more of Bataille's works including Erotism, The
Tears of Eros, and Story of the Eye.
General
Imprint: |
City Lights Books
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
May 2023 |
First published: |
2001 |
Authors: |
Georges Bataille
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Translators: |
Robert Hurley
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Dimensions: |
203 x 139 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
164 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-87286-262-3 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-87286-262-3 |
Barcode: |
9780872862623 |
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