The Poetry of Georges Bataille

Informationen zum Autor Georges Bataille (1897-1962) , a medievalist librarian by training, founded the College of Sociology and the secret society Acéphale. He was equally famous for his contributions to French literature, art criticism, anthropology, philosophy, and theology. Bane of theologians, existentialists, and surrealists during his lifetime, he became an essential reference for the poststructuralist generation of French intellectuals, including Roland Barthes, Jean Baudrillard, Michel Foucault, and Jacques Derrida. Stuart Kendall is a writer, editor, and translator working at the intersections of modern and contemporary art and design, critical theory, poetics, and theology. Author of the critical biography Georges Bataille , he has also edited and translated six other books by Bataille, including Guilty , Inner Experience , and On Nietzsche , all published by SUNY Press. The journal French Studies has referred to him as "arguably the most skillful translator Georges Bataille has in the English language." Klappentext Presents a new window into the literary, philosophical, and theological concerns of this enigmatic thinker and writer.

Product details

• Authors: Georges Bataille, Georges/ Kendall Bataille
• Assisted by: Stuart Kendall (Translation)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781438472324
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-7232-4
• No. of pages: 220
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works