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A review by dayface
Literature and Evil by Georges Bataille
3.0
Favourite sections include -
Bronte meditations on her seclusion and how it supported her writing.
Study of Baudelaire, particularly Les Fleurs du Mals, and how it reflects a non-harmonious understanding of evil in the culture it was bred. But also, how we must come to terms with ourselves in order to love ourselves. That includes understanding our 'evils.'
The surprising essay on William Blake and his mythology - always pertinent to me; and once more, synchronicity strikes.
And, speaking of, it concludes with a discussion on Kafka (and he opened this collection mentioning him, too).
Really competent and interesting collection of essays that, if you permit them, can provide a better understanding of one's ego. Nonetheless, definitely shows its age in a number of passages concerning psychoanalysis and is openly mystical in moments. Really good, though.
Bronte meditations on her seclusion and how it supported her writing.
Study of Baudelaire, particularly Les Fleurs du Mals, and how it reflects a non-harmonious understanding of evil in the culture it was bred. But also, how we must come to terms with ourselves in order to love ourselves. That includes understanding our 'evils.'
The surprising essay on William Blake and his mythology - always pertinent to me; and once more, synchronicity strikes.
And, speaking of, it concludes with a discussion on Kafka (and he opened this collection mentioning him, too).
Really competent and interesting collection of essays that, if you permit them, can provide a better understanding of one's ego. Nonetheless, definitely shows its age in a number of passages concerning psychoanalysis and is openly mystical in moments. Really good, though.