Absence of Myth - Writings on Surrealism

One of the most provocative and controversial writers of his time, these essays comprise George Bataille’s most incisive study of surrealism

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 and L'Abbé C, and the volumes of essays Eroticism and Literature and Evil.

Product details

• Authors: Georges Bataille
• Assisted by: Michael Richardson (Translation)
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.11.2024
• EAN: 9781804296592
• ISBN: 978-1-80429-659-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, ART / History / General, PHILOSOPHY / Essays, Expressionism, History of Art, Western philosophy from c 1800, Literary essays, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -, Art & design styles: Expressionism