Georges Bataille
b. Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille
Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille was a French intellectual working in philosophy, literature, sociology, anthropology, and history of art. His writing, which included essays, novels, and poetry, explored such subjects as eroticism, mysticism, surrealism, and transgression. His work would prove influential on subsequent schools of philosophy and social theory, including post-structuralism.Wikipedia →
Works
Histoire de l'œil
Story of the Eye
French · 1928Novella / Light Novel
1 translation
L'anus solaire
The Solar Anus
French · 1931Novella / Light Novel
1 translation
Madame Edwarda
Madam Edwarda
French · 1941Novella / Light Novel
2 translations
L'expérience intérieure
Inner Experience
French · 1943Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise
3 translations
Le Coupable
Guilty
French · 1944Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise
3 translations
Sur Nietzsche, Volonté de chance
On Nietzsche
French · 1945Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise
3 translations
La Part maudite
The Accursed Share: An Essay on General Economy
French · 1949Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise
3 translations
L'Abbé C
The Abbot C
French · 1950Novella / Light Novel
1 translation
La Peinture préhistorique. Lascaux, ou la Naissance de l'art
Prehistoric Painting: Lascaux, or the Birth of Art
French · 1955Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise
1 translation
L'Érotisme
Eroticism
French · 1957Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise
1 translation
La Littérature et le Mal
Literature and Evil
French · 1957Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise
1 translation
Le Bleu du Ciel
Blue of Noon
French · 1957Novella / Light Novel
1 translation
L'Impossible
The Impossible
French · 1962Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise
2 translations
Le Mort
The Dead Man
French · 1964Novella / Light Novel
2 translations
Le Procès de Gilles de Rais
The Trial of Gilles de Rais
French · 1965Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise
1 translation
Ma mère
My Mother
French · 1966Novella / Light Novel
1 translation
Théorie de la religion
Theory of Religion
French · 1973Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise
1 translation
Œuvres complètes
Complete Works
French · 1988Complete Works / Omnibus
9 translations
Échanges et correspondances
Exchanges and Correspondence: George Bataille and Michel Leiris
French · 2004Correspondence / Letters
1 translation
La Limite de l'utile
The Limit of the Useful
French · 2016Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise
1 translation