Absence of Myth: Writings on Surrealism

by Georges Bataille (Author), Michael Richardson (Translator), Georges Bataille (Author), Michael Richardson (Translator)

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2006
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These essays, the result of profound reflection in the wake of World War II, comprise the most incisive study yet made of surrealism, insisting on its importance as a cultural and social phenomenon with far-reaching consequences. They clarify Bataille's links with the surrealist movement, and shed light on his complex and greatly misunderstood relationship with Andre Breton.

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These essays, the result of profound reflection in the wake of World War II, comprise the most incisive study yet made of surrealism, insisting on its importance as a cultural and social phenomenon with far-reaching consequences. They clarify Bataille's links with the surrealist movement, and shed light on his complex and greatly misunderstood relationship with Andre Breton.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 209
Publisher: Verso Books
Published: 21 Aug 2006
ISBN 10: 1844675602
ISBN 13: 9781844675609

Media Reviews

Bataille is one of the most important writers of the century. Michel Foucault ...One of the most original and unsettling of those thinkers who, in the wake of Sade and Nietzsche, have confronted the possibility of thought in a world that has lost its myth of transcendence. - Peter Brooks, New York Times Book Review

Author Bio

Georges Bataille (1897-1962) was a novelist, philosopher, essayist and sociologist o. His works include The Story of the Eye, On Nietzsche, The Accursed Share, Literature and Evil, and Eroticism.