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emsemsems's review against another edition
3.0
I almost stopped reading it after about 20 pages in, because the whole 'God', 'longing', 'desire', 'death' pattern reminded me of '[b:Story of the Eye|436806|Story of the Eye|Georges Bataille|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1490682356l/436806._SX50_.jpg|616919]' (and I've only just read that a couple days ago). But then when 'Epilogue' (of Dianus) came about followed by chunks of poetry shoved in - I was hooked back in.
"Poetry reveals a power of the unknown. But the unknown is only an insignificant void if it is not the object of a desire. Poetry is a middle term, it conceals the know within the unknown: it is the unknown painted in the blinding colors, in the image of the sun."
I've read Bataille's poetry in (if I'm not wrongly remembering this) '[b:The Bataille Reader|135448|The Bataille Reader|Georges Bataille|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1349042544l/135448._SY75_.jpg|130531]' before - a long while ago. I don't remember enjoying it very much, but I really like them in this one. My favourite part of the book obviously being 'The Oresteia'.
"But in the night, desire tells lies and in this way night ceases to be its object. The existence led by me "in the night" resembles that of the lover at the death of his beloved, of Orestes learning of Hermione's suicide. In the form that night takes, existence cannot recognize "what it anticipated"."
"Poetry reveals a power of the unknown. But the unknown is only an insignificant void if it is not the object of a desire. Poetry is a middle term, it conceals the know within the unknown: it is the unknown painted in the blinding colors, in the image of the sun."
I've read Bataille's poetry in (if I'm not wrongly remembering this) '[b:The Bataille Reader|135448|The Bataille Reader|Georges Bataille|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1349042544l/135448._SY75_.jpg|130531]' before - a long while ago. I don't remember enjoying it very much, but I really like them in this one. My favourite part of the book obviously being 'The Oresteia'.
"But in the night, desire tells lies and in this way night ceases to be its object. The existence led by me "in the night" resembles that of the lover at the death of his beloved, of Orestes learning of Hermione's suicide. In the form that night takes, existence cannot recognize "what it anticipated"."
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