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100			_aBataille, Georges
245			_aVisions of excess selected writings, 1927-1939
260			_bUniversity of Minnesota Press, _c1985 _aMinneapolis :
300			_axxv, 271 p. ; _bill., facsims., ports. _c23 cm
365			_b25.50 _cUSD _d85.90
490			_aTheory and history of literature ; _vv. 14
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index. Translated from the French
520			_aSince the publication of Visions of Excess in 1985, there has been an explosion of interest in the work of Georges Bataille. The French surrealist continues to be important for his groundbreaking focus on the visceral, the erotic, and the relation of society to the primeval. This collection of prewar writings remains the volume in which Bataille’s positions are most clearly, forcefully, and obsessively put forward. This book challenges the notion of a “closed economy” predicated on utility, production, and rational consumption, and develops an alternative theory that takes into account the human tendency to lose, destroy, and waste. This collection is indispensable for an understanding of the future as well as the past of current critical theory.
650			_aEssays in French
650			_a1900-1945 - English texts
650			_aLiterary and Cultural Theory
700			_aStoekl, Allan _eed. & tr.
700			_aLovitt, Carl R. _etr.
700			_aLeslie, Jr., Donald M. _etr.
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