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Availability:In StockContributor:Georges Bataille, Robert Hurley (Translator)Publish date:1991-01-01Pages:188
Language:EnglishPublisher:City Lights BooksISBN-13:9780872862623ISBN-10:872862623UPC:9780872862623Book Category:Literary Criticism, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:European, Good & Evil, EssaysBook Topic:FrenchSize:7.97 x 5.51 x 0.49 inchesWeight:0.4696Product ID:SCSWA9FVY5
The Impossible
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...
Language:EnglishPublisher:City Lights BooksISBN-13:9780872862623ISBN-10:872862623UPC:9780872862623Book Category:Literary Criticism, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:European, Good & Evil, EssaysBook Topic:FrenchSize:7.97 x 5.51 x 0.49 inchesWeight:0.4696Product ID:SCSWA9FVY5
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