Literature and Evil
by Georges Bataille
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The nature of evil in literature by one of the most evil men alive - Georges Bataille. Well, I don't thnk he was evil, but he for sure was sexy in a really dirty way. He was also a great critic and a wonderful stylist of a writer. Bataille rules!
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Of the many books by the obsessive Bataille I read over the years (including Story of the Eye — ICK!) — this small book of essays on "evil" literature is my favorite. It's Bataille without the tears of eros.
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I might have to come back to this one--I haven't read a lot of the things that he's talking about here--like Wuthering Heights--how can I not have read that?! It passed me by somehow.
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Without evil, would there even be literature? I suppose if there were no evil, it would be necessary to invent it.
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Read in October, 2008
This was the only Bataille available at my neighborhood used-book store. I read Story of the Eye many years ago, and although I was always intrigued by Bataille, I hadn't actively sought out his other works. I enjoyed Literature and Evil, but I'm not sure this is the best re-introduction.
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