内容简介
Literatureisnotinnocent,'statedGeorgesBatailleinthisextraordinary1957collectionofessays,arguingthatonlybyacknowledgingitscomplicitywiththeknowledgeofevilcanliteraturecommunicatefullyandintensely.Theseliteraryprofilesofeightauthorsandtheirwork,includingEmilyBronte'sWutheringHeights,Baudelaire'sLesFleursduMalandthewritingsofSade,KafkaandSartre,exploresubjectssuchasviolence,eroticism,childhood,mythandtransgression,inaworkofrichallusionandpowerfulargument.
作者简介
GeorgesBataille,Frenchessayistandnovelist,wasbornin1897.HeconvertedtoCatholicism,thentoMarxism,andwasinterestedinpsychoanalysisandmysticism.AscuratorofthemunicipallibraryinOrleans,heledarelativelysimplelife,althoughhebecameinvolved,usuallyonthefringes,withthesurrealistmovement.HefoundedtheliteraryreviewCritiquein1946,whichheediteduntilhisdeathin1962,andwasalsoafounderofthereviewDocuments,whichpublishedmanyoftheleadingsurrealistwriters.Hiswritingisamixtureofpoetryandphilosophy,fantasyandhistory,andhisfirstnovel,StoryoftheEye,waswrittenunderthepseudonymofLordAuch.Bataille'sotherworksincludethenovelsBlueofNoon,L'AbbéCandMyMother,andthevolumesofessaysEroticismandLiteratureandEvil.