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  <name><![CDATA[Georges Bataille]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[French essayist, philosophical theorist and novelist, often called the &quot;metaphysician of evil.&quot; Bataille was interested in sex, death, degradation, and the power and potential of the obscene. He rejected traditional literature and considered that the ultimate aim of all intellectual, artistic, or religious activity should be the annihilation of the rational individual in a violent, transcendental act of communion. Roland Barthes, Julia Kristeva, and Philippe Sollers have all written enthusiastically about his work. ]]></about>    <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>Billon, Puy-de-Dôme</hometown>  <born_at>12/13/1901</born_at>  <died_at>07/08/1962</died_at>  
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Story of the Eye]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Joachim Neugroschel]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Erotism: Death and Sensuality]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Blue of Noon]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Visions of Excess: Selected Writings, 1927-1939 (Theory and History of Literature, Vol 14)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Georges Bataille]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Accursed Share, Volume 1: Consumption]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Georges Bataille]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Robert Hurley]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Tears of Eros]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Georges Bataille]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[My Mother, Madame Edwarda and The Dead Man]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Impossible]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Robert Hurley]]></name>
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  <published>1962</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[L'Abbe C]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Georges Bataille]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Theory of Religion]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Georges Bataille]]></name>
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