The absence of myth : writings on surrealism /: writings on surrealism. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Works.
• Further Information: Note: Georges Bataille ; edited, translated, and introduced by Michael Richardson.
• Authors: Bataille, Georges, 1897-1962
• Editors: Richardson, Michael, 1953-
• Other Names: Richardson, Michael 1953- translator.
• Contents: The castrated lion -- Notes on the publication of 'Un cadavre' -- Surrealism from day to day -- The absence of myth -- On the subject of slumbers -- The surrealist revolution -- Surrealism -- Surrealism and how it differs from existentialism -- Surrealism in 1947 -- The surrealist religion -- Initial postulate -- Take it or leave it -- The problems of surrealism -- The moral meaning of sociology -- War and the philosophy of the sacred -- Poetry and the temptation of the end of the world -- Henri Pastoureau : La blessure de l'homme -- René Char and the force of poetry -- Max Ernst, philosopher! -- From the stone age to Jacques Prévert -- André Breton : ode to Charles Fourier -- The age of revolt -- André Masson -- Surrealism and God -- Happiness, eroticism and literature.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Verso
• Publication Date: 2006; 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (224 pages)
• Subjects: 149; Avant-garde (Aesthetics); Surrealism; Surréalisme; Surrealist; Avant-garde (Aesthetics); Surrealism
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781789602654; 1789602653
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.