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'''Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille''' (1897–1962) was a French intellectual and literary figure working in literature, anthropology, philosophy, economy, sociology and history of art. Eroticism, sovereignty, and transgression are at the core of his writings. He edited ''[[Documents]]'', ''[[Acéphale]]'' and ''Critique'' magazines.
 
'''Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille''' (1897–1962) was a French intellectual and literary figure working in literature, anthropology, philosophy, economy, sociology and history of art. Eroticism, sovereignty, and transgression are at the core of his writings. He edited ''[[Documents]]'', ''[[Acéphale]]'' and ''Critique'' magazines.
  
 
==Works==
 
==Works==
 
(in French unless noted)
 
(in French unless noted)
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===Edited volumes===
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===Edited magazines===
 
* ''[[Documents|Documents: doctrines, archéologie, beaux-arts, ethnographie]]'', 15 issues, Paris, 1929-31.
 
* ''[[Documents|Documents: doctrines, archéologie, beaux-arts, ethnographie]]'', 15 issues, Paris, 1929-31.
 
* ''[[Acéphale|Acéphale: religion, sociologie, philosophie]]'', 4 issues, Paris, 1936-39.
 
* ''[[Acéphale|Acéphale: religion, sociologie, philosophie]]'', 4 issues, Paris, 1936-39.
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* ''Critique''.
  
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===Monographs===
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===Books===
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* ''La Part maudite'', Minuit, 1949; new ed., 1967.
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* ''Les Monnaies des grands Mogols'', Paris: J. Florange, [1927].
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** ''The Accursed Share: An Essay On General Economy'', 2 vols., trans. Robert Hurley, Zone Books, 1988 & 1991, 197 + 460 pp. {{en}}
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* ''L'Anus solaire'', illustr. André Masson, Editions de la Galerie Simon, 1931.
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* ''Sacrifices'', c1922-40.
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* as Dianus, ''L'Amitié'', 1940. Early version of Part One of ''Le Coupable''.
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* as Louis Trente, ''Le Petit'', 1943.
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* ''[http://aaaaarg.fail/ref/023223558089c63f00a77811ce3357e1#0.01 L'Expérience intérieure]'', Paris: Gallimard, 1943; 2nd ed., 1954. Part of Bataille's ''Summa Atheologica''.
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** ''[http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=d060adbac070cf90e9dc3600d618b753 Inner Experience]'', trans. Leslie Anne Boldt, SUNY Press, 1988, 209 pp. {{en}}
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* ''L'Archangélique'', 1944.
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* ''Le Coupable'', 1944; 2nd ed., rev., 1961. Part of Bataille's ''Summa Atheologica''.
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** ''[http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=7D45C1B1EDDD6C5D1467548FEB324839 Guilty]'', trans. Bruce Boone, Lapis Press, 1988. {{en}}
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** ''Par-delà la colline ou l'instant'', illustr. Claude Stassart-Springer, Vézélay: Goulotte, 2012, 32 pp.
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* ''Sur Nietzsche'', 1945. Part of Bataille's ''Summa Atheologica''.
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** ''On Nietzsche'', trans. Bruce Boone, Paragon House, 1992. {{en}}
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* ''Dirty'', Paris: Fontaine, 1945.
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* ''L'Alleluiah'', 1947.
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* ''Méthode de méditation'', Paris: Fontaine, 1947, 93 pp.
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* ''La Part maudite'', Paris: Minuit, 1949; new ed., 1967.
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** ''[http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=0E2E4C1871D8FC2254584ECA5E01C024 Die Aufhebung der Ökonomie]'', Munich: Matthes & Seitz, 2nd ed., exp., 1985; 3rd ed., exp., 2001. {{de}}
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** ''The Accursed Share: An Essay On General Economy'', 3 vols., trans. Robert Hurley, Zone Books, 1988 & 1991, 197 & 460 pp, [http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=279770FEC5277DB8DDCC62CFF4814614 PDF/1], [http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=3D04B8C39C5C9B35CDE90F3FD1C7B408 PDF/2-3]. {{en}}
  
 
* ''Manet. Études biographique et critique'', Genève: Skira, 1955.
 
* ''Manet. Études biographique et critique'', Genève: Skira, 1955.
 
** ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=10782 Manet: Biographical and Critical Study]'', trans. Austryn Wainhouse and James Emmons, Genève: Skira, 1955, 135 pp. {{en}}
 
** ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=10782 Manet: Biographical and Critical Study]'', trans. Austryn Wainhouse and James Emmons, Genève: Skira, 1955, 135 pp. {{en}}
  
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* ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=9233 L'Erotisme]'', Minuit, 1957.
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* ''La Peinture préhistorique. Lascaux, ou la Naissance de l'art'', 1955.
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** ''[http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=72B8656D6457377CF39C272BC6F867B0 Lascaux; or, the Birth of Art, the Prehistoric Paintings]'', trans. Austryn Wainhouse, Lausanne: Skira, 1955. {{en}}
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* ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=9233 L'Erotisme]'', Paris: Minuit, 1957.
 
** [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=9233 ''El erotismo''], trans. María Luisa Bastos, 1960. {{es}}
 
** [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=9233 ''El erotismo''], trans. María Luisa Bastos, 1960. {{es}}
 
** [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=9233 ''Death and Sensuality. A Study of Eroticism and the Taboo''], trans. Mary Dalwood, New York: Walker and Company, 1962; repr. as ''Erotism: Death and Sensuality'', San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1986, 280 pp. {{en}}
 
** [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=9233 ''Death and Sensuality. A Study of Eroticism and the Taboo''], trans. Mary Dalwood, New York: Walker and Company, 1962; repr. as ''Erotism: Death and Sensuality'', San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1986, 280 pp. {{en}}
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** [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=9233 ''O erotismo''], trans. Antonio Carlos Viana, 1987. {{pt}}
 
** [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=9233 ''O erotismo''], trans. Antonio Carlos Viana, 1987. {{pt}}
 
** ''Erotismul'', trans. Dan Petrescu, Bucharest: Nemira, 1997; 2005. [http://www.limbaromana.md/index.php?go=articole&n=1369 Review] {{ro}}
 
** ''Erotismul'', trans. Dan Petrescu, Bucharest: Nemira, 1997; 2005. [http://www.limbaromana.md/index.php?go=articole&n=1369 Review] {{ro}}
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* ''Le Procès de Gilles de Rais'', 1965.
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** ''[http://aaaaarg.fail/ref/19af12def463137df4a5435ce7d2e1b8#0.01 The Trial of Gilles de Rais]'', trans. Richard Robinson, Amok Press, 1991. {{en}}
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* ''La Littérature et le Mal'', 1957.
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** ''Literature and Evil'', trans. Alastair Hamilton, Calder & Boyars, 1973. {{en}}
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* ''Les Larmes d'Éros'', 1961.
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** ''The Tears of Eros'', trans. Peter Connor, San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1989. [http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=87286100017620] {{en}}
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* ''Théorie de la religion'', ed. Thadée Klossowski, Paris: Gallimard, 1973.
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** ''[http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=06C4E580C107F318035F3C7BA85BA7E9 Theory of Religion]'', trans. Robert Hurley, Zone Books, 1989. {{en}}
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===Novels and novellas===
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* as Lord Auch, ''Histoire de l'œil'', 1928.
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** ''[http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=57EEEAEBE67B4D48B8B5450AA5109F7C Story of the Eye]'', trans. Joachim Neugroschel, San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1987, 104 pp. {{en}}
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* as Pierre Angélique, ''Madame Edwarda'', Solitaire, 1941; 2nd ed., 1945; 3rd ed., 1956. Antidated 1937.
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** "Madame Edwarda", in Bataille, ''My Mother, Madame Edwarda, The Dead Man'', trans. Austryn Wainhouse, London: Marion Boyars, 1989. {{en}}
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* ''La haine de la poésie'', 1947; repr. as ''L'Impossible: Histoire de rats suivi de Dianus et de L'Orestie'', 1962.
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** ''[http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=3FC979191FE1EB084CBEF3025B3086FE The Impossible. A Story of Rats followed by Dianus and by The Oresteia]'', trans. Robert Hurley, San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1991, 164 pp. {{en}}
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* ''L'Abbé C.'', Paris: Minuit, 1950.
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** ''L'Abbé C.'', trans. Philip A Facey, London: Marion Boyars, 2001. {{en}}
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* ''Le bleu du ciel: roman'', Paris: Pauvert, 1957, 215 pp. Written 1935.
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** ''L'azzurro del cielo'', Milan: Silva, 1962, 171 pp. {{it}}
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** ''[http://aaaaarg.fail/ref/fd6000111a3309040ff9fa7ddd8167a1#0.01 Das Blau des Himmels. Roman]'', trans. Sigrid von Massenbach and Hans Naumann, Neuwied: Luchterhand, 1967, 178 pp. {{de}}
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** ''Het blauw van de hemel: roman'', trans. Thérèse Cornips, Amsterdam: De Bezige Bij, 1972, 167 pp. {{nl}}
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** ''El azul del cielo: novela'', Barcelona: Ayuso, 1976, 185 pp. {{es}}
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** ''[http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=86D489C29783191E1F361E9A4E4874A7 Blue of Noon]'', trans. Harry Matthews, New York: Urizen Books, 1978, 126 pp; London: Marion Boyars, 1979. {{en}}
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** ''Het blauw van de hemel: roman'', trans. Walter van der Star, Brussels: Gevaert, 2000, 152 pp. {{nl}}
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** ''El Blau del cel'', trans. Ramon Lladó, Lleida: March, 2009, 154 pp. {{ca}}
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** ''To galazio tou ouranou'', Athens: Agra, 2010, 230 pp. {{gr}}
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* ''Ma mère'', Paris: Pauvert, 1966. Unfinished and published posthumously.
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** "My Mother", in Bataille, ''My Mother, Madame Edwarda, The Dead Man'', trans. Austryn Wainhouse, London: Marion Boyars, 1989. {{en}}
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* ''Le Mort'', Paris: Pauvert, 1967.
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** "The Dead Man", in Bataille, ''My Mother, Madame Edwarda, The Dead Man'', trans. Austryn Wainhouse, London: Marion Boyars, 1989. {{en}}
  
 
===Collected writings===
 
===Collected writings===
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* ''Œuvres complètes'', 12 vols., Paris: Gallimard, 1970-88.
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* ''Œuvres complètes'', 12 vols., Paris: Gallimard, 1970-88, [http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=774CEC22CC6C3B8DA96CBB36CAA3FE25 PDF/1], [http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=814E17EF8D42741B364E6D33B15043B2 PDF/2], [http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=b0659b7c76364305457772def82b6b6a PDF/5], [http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=EE4108A9BF99667BBD4B5695AFEEA903 PDF/7], [http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=99D47F58096125908F5DF10057AA8E40 PDF/10], [http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=de9b17d342261fc3e22d48468819c588 PDF/11], [http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=7ca1159e096f039b6dbacb76e045824f PDF/12].
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* [http://aaaaarg.fail/ref/7c4b897702d24952f6af5c9e41bd3fa2#0.01 ''October'' 36: "George Bataille. Writings on Laughter, Sacrifice, Nietzsche, Un-Knowing"], trans. Annette Michelson, New York: MIT Press, Spring 1986, 154 pp. With texts by Rosalind Krauss, Annette Michelson, and Allen S. Weiss. {{en}}
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* ''Une liberté souveraine: Textes et entretiens'', ed. Michel Surya, 2004. Articles, book reviews and interviews not included in ''Œuvres complètes''.
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===Selected writings===
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* ''[http://aaaaarg.fail/ref/e2afa45ee066fb8190eeedee24472a25#0.01 Visions of Excess: Selected Writings, 1927-1939]'', eds. Allan Stoekl, Carl R. Lovitt, and Donald M. Leslie, Jr., University of Minnesota Press, 1985. {{en}}
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* [http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=F9049C2E87B7F6881CBF8E1AE3228640 ''October'' 36: "George Bataille. Writings on Laughter, Sacrifice, Nietzsche, Un-Knowing"], trans. Annette Michelson, New York: MIT Press, Spring 1986, 154 pp, [http://aaaaarg.fail/ref/7c4b897702d24952f6af5c9e41bd3fa2#0.01 ARG]. With texts by Rosalind Krauss, Annette Michelson, and Allen S. Weiss. {{en}}
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* Bataille, et al., ''[http://aaaaarg.fail/ref/95e579e120090731bd5c71c5f561c710#0.01 The College of Sociology, 1937–39]'', trans. Betsy Wing, University of Minnesota Press, 1988. {{en}}
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* ''[http://aaaaarg.fail/ref/e2d78458de50b55ee9babd6d9678a662#0.01 The Absence of Myth: Writings on Surrealism]'', ed., trans. & intro. Michael Richardson, London: Verso, 1994, vii+211 pp. {{en}}
 
* Bataille, Leiris, Griaule, Einstein, Desnos, et al., ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=13303 Encyclopædia Acephalica]'', ed. & intro. Alastair Brotchie, trans. Iain White, et al., London: Atlas Press, 1995, 176 pp. {{en}}
 
* Bataille, Leiris, Griaule, Einstein, Desnos, et al., ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=13303 Encyclopædia Acephalica]'', ed. & intro. Alastair Brotchie, trans. Iain White, et al., London: Atlas Press, 1995, 176 pp. {{en}}
 
* ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=6118 The Bataille Reader]'', ed. Fred Botting and Scott Wilson, Wiley, 1997, 368 pp. {{en}}
 
* ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=6118 The Bataille Reader]'', ed. Fred Botting and Scott Wilson, Wiley, 1997, 368 pp. {{en}}
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* ''Une liberté souveraine: Textes et entretiens'', ed. Michel Surya, 2004.  
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* ''Collected Poetry of Georges Bataille'', trans. Mark Spitzer, Dufour, 1998; repr. as ''Collected Poems of Georges Bataille'', 1998. {{en}}
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* ''Romans et récits'', pref. Denis Hollier, ed. Jean-François Louette, Paris: Gallimard, 2004.
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* ''[http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=4F7AFB232C5FAA25F3650D4CBD5C467F The Unfinished System of Nonknowledge]'', ed. & intro. Stuart Kendall, trans. Michelle Kendall and Stuart Kendall, University of Minnesota Press, 2004. Selections from 12 vols. of ''Œuvres complètes''. {{en}}
 
* ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=9148 Undercover Surrealism: Georges Bataille and DOCUMENTS]'', eds. Dawn Ades and Simon Baker, London: Hayward Gallery, and MIT Press, 2006, 272 pp.
 
* ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=9148 Undercover Surrealism: Georges Bataille and DOCUMENTS]'', eds. Dawn Ades and Simon Baker, London: Hayward Gallery, and MIT Press, 2006, 272 pp.
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* ''L'Archangélique et autres poèmes'', Paris: Gallimard, 2008.
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* ''The Cradle of Humanity: Prehistoric Art and Culture'', ed. & intro. Stuart Kendall, trans. Michelle Kendall and Stuart Kendall, Zone Books, 2009. Collects essays and lectures by Bataille spanning thirty years of research in anthropology, comparative religion, aesthetics, and philosophy. [http://www.zonebooks.org/titles/BATA_CRA.html] {{en}}
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* ''Divine Filth: Lost Scatology and Erotica'', trans. Mark Spitzer, Solar Books, 2009. A collection of erotic prose and scatological fragments. {{en}}
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* ''Le Souverain'', drawings Vladimir Velickovic, Fata Morgana, 2010, 88 pp.
  
 
==Literature==
 
==Literature==
 
* ''Semiotext(e)'' 2(2): "Bataille", ed. Sylvère Lotringer, New York: Semiotext(e), 1976. {{en}}
 
* ''Semiotext(e)'' 2(2): "Bataille", ed. Sylvère Lotringer, New York: Semiotext(e), 1976. {{en}}
 
* Denis Hollier, ''La prise de la Concorde'', Paris: Gallimard, 1974.
 
* Denis Hollier, ''La prise de la Concorde'', Paris: Gallimard, 1974.
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** ''[http://aaaaarg.fail/ref/53187f7c5c8080de9b4bcdc65d5da94f#0.01 Against Architecture: The Writings of Georges Bataille]'', trans. Betsy Wing, MIT Press, 1989. {{en}}
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** ''[http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=53187f7c5c8080de9b4bcdc65d5da94f Against Architecture: The Writings of Georges Bataille]'', trans. Betsy Wing, MIT Press, 1989, [http://aaaaarg.fail/ref/53187f7c5c8080de9b4bcdc65d5da94f#0.01 ARG]. {{en}}
 
* Benjamin Noys, [[Media:Noys_Benjamin_Georges_Bataille_A_Critical_Introduction_2000.pdf|''Georges Bataille: A Critical Introduction'']], Pluto Press, 2000. {{en}}
 
* Benjamin Noys, [[Media:Noys_Benjamin_Georges_Bataille_A_Critical_Introduction_2000.pdf|''Georges Bataille: A Critical Introduction'']], Pluto Press, 2000. {{en}}
  
 
==Documentary==
 
==Documentary==
 
* ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIaRXE9fZL8 Georges Bataille - À perte de vue]'', dir. André S. Labarthe, 1997, 48 min. (EN subs)
 
* ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIaRXE9fZL8 Georges Bataille - À perte de vue]'', dir. André S. Labarthe, 1997, 48 min. (EN subs)
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==Links==
 
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Bataille Bataille at Wikipedia]
 

Revision as of 20:26, 9 July 2015

Born September 10, 1897(1897-09-10)
Billom, France
Died July 9, 1962(1962-07-09) (aged 64)
Paris, France
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Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille (1897–1962) was a French intellectual and literary figure working in literature, anthropology, philosophy, economy, sociology and history of art. Eroticism, sovereignty, and transgression are at the core of his writings. He edited Documents, Acéphale and Critique magazines.

Works

(in French unless noted)

Edited magazines

Books

  • Les Monnaies des grands Mogols, Paris: J. Florange, [1927].
  • L'Anus solaire, illustr. André Masson, Editions de la Galerie Simon, 1931.
  • Sacrifices, c1922-40.
  • as Dianus, L'Amitié, 1940. Early version of Part One of Le Coupable.
  • as Louis Trente, Le Petit, 1943.
  • L'Archangélique, 1944.
  • Le Coupable, 1944; 2nd ed., rev., 1961. Part of Bataille's Summa Atheologica.
    • Guilty, trans. Bruce Boone, Lapis Press, 1988. (English)
    • Par-delà la colline ou l'instant, illustr. Claude Stassart-Springer, Vézélay: Goulotte, 2012, 32 pp.
  • Sur Nietzsche, 1945. Part of Bataille's Summa Atheologica.
    • On Nietzsche, trans. Bruce Boone, Paragon House, 1992. (English)
  • Dirty, Paris: Fontaine, 1945.
  • L'Alleluiah, 1947.
  • Méthode de méditation, Paris: Fontaine, 1947, 93 pp.
  • La Part maudite, Paris: Minuit, 1949; new ed., 1967.
    • Die Aufhebung der Ökonomie, Munich: Matthes & Seitz, 2nd ed., exp., 1985; 3rd ed., exp., 2001. (German)
    • The Accursed Share: An Essay On General Economy, 3 vols., trans. Robert Hurley, Zone Books, 1988 & 1991, 197 & 460 pp, PDF/1, PDF/2-3. (English)
  • La Littérature et le Mal, 1957.
    • Literature and Evil, trans. Alastair Hamilton, Calder & Boyars, 1973. (English)
  • Les Larmes d'Éros, 1961.
    • The Tears of Eros, trans. Peter Connor, San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1989. [1] (English)
  • Théorie de la religion, ed. Thadée Klossowski, Paris: Gallimard, 1973.

Novels and novellas

  • as Lord Auch, Histoire de l'œil, 1928.
    • Story of the Eye, trans. Joachim Neugroschel, San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1987, 104 pp. (English)
  • as Pierre Angélique, Madame Edwarda, Solitaire, 1941; 2nd ed., 1945; 3rd ed., 1956. Antidated 1937.
    • "Madame Edwarda", in Bataille, My Mother, Madame Edwarda, The Dead Man, trans. Austryn Wainhouse, London: Marion Boyars, 1989. (English)
  • L'Abbé C., Paris: Minuit, 1950.
    • L'Abbé C., trans. Philip A Facey, London: Marion Boyars, 2001. (English)
  • Le bleu du ciel: roman, Paris: Pauvert, 1957, 215 pp. Written 1935.
    • L'azzurro del cielo, Milan: Silva, 1962, 171 pp. (Italian)
    • Das Blau des Himmels. Roman, trans. Sigrid von Massenbach and Hans Naumann, Neuwied: Luchterhand, 1967, 178 pp. (German)
    • Het blauw van de hemel: roman, trans. Thérèse Cornips, Amsterdam: De Bezige Bij, 1972, 167 pp. (Dutch)
    • El azul del cielo: novela, Barcelona: Ayuso, 1976, 185 pp. (Spanish)
    • Blue of Noon, trans. Harry Matthews, New York: Urizen Books, 1978, 126 pp; London: Marion Boyars, 1979. (English)
    • Het blauw van de hemel: roman, trans. Walter van der Star, Brussels: Gevaert, 2000, 152 pp. (Dutch)
    • El Blau del cel, trans. Ramon Lladó, Lleida: March, 2009, 154 pp. (Catalan)
    • To galazio tou ouranou, Athens: Agra, 2010, 230 pp. (Greek)
  • Ma mère, Paris: Pauvert, 1966. Unfinished and published posthumously.
    • "My Mother", in Bataille, My Mother, Madame Edwarda, The Dead Man, trans. Austryn Wainhouse, London: Marion Boyars, 1989. (English)
  • Le Mort, Paris: Pauvert, 1967.
    • "The Dead Man", in Bataille, My Mother, Madame Edwarda, The Dead Man, trans. Austryn Wainhouse, London: Marion Boyars, 1989. (English)

Collected writings

  • Œuvres complètes, 12 vols., Paris: Gallimard, 1970-88, PDF/1, PDF/2, PDF/5, PDF/7, PDF/10, PDF/11, PDF/12.
  • Une liberté souveraine: Textes et entretiens, ed. Michel Surya, 2004. Articles, book reviews and interviews not included in Œuvres complètes.

Selected writings

  • Visions of Excess: Selected Writings, 1927-1939, eds. Allan Stoekl, Carl R. Lovitt, and Donald M. Leslie, Jr., University of Minnesota Press, 1985. (English)
  • October 36: "George Bataille. Writings on Laughter, Sacrifice, Nietzsche, Un-Knowing", trans. Annette Michelson, New York: MIT Press, Spring 1986, 154 pp, ARG. With texts by Rosalind Krauss, Annette Michelson, and Allen S. Weiss. (English)
  • Bataille, et al., The College of Sociology, 1937–39, trans. Betsy Wing, University of Minnesota Press, 1988. (English)
  • The Absence of Myth: Writings on Surrealism, ed., trans. & intro. Michael Richardson, London: Verso, 1994, vii+211 pp. (English)
  • Bataille, Leiris, Griaule, Einstein, Desnos, et al., Encyclopædia Acephalica, ed. & intro. Alastair Brotchie, trans. Iain White, et al., London: Atlas Press, 1995, 176 pp. (English)
  • The Bataille Reader, ed. Fred Botting and Scott Wilson, Wiley, 1997, 368 pp. (English)
  • Collected Poetry of Georges Bataille, trans. Mark Spitzer, Dufour, 1998; repr. as Collected Poems of Georges Bataille, 1998. (English)
  • Romans et récits, pref. Denis Hollier, ed. Jean-François Louette, Paris: Gallimard, 2004.
  • The Unfinished System of Nonknowledge, ed. & intro. Stuart Kendall, trans. Michelle Kendall and Stuart Kendall, University of Minnesota Press, 2004. Selections from 12 vols. of Œuvres complètes. (English)
  • Undercover Surrealism: Georges Bataille and DOCUMENTS, eds. Dawn Ades and Simon Baker, London: Hayward Gallery, and MIT Press, 2006, 272 pp.
  • L'Archangélique et autres poèmes, Paris: Gallimard, 2008.
  • The Cradle of Humanity: Prehistoric Art and Culture, ed. & intro. Stuart Kendall, trans. Michelle Kendall and Stuart Kendall, Zone Books, 2009. Collects essays and lectures by Bataille spanning thirty years of research in anthropology, comparative religion, aesthetics, and philosophy. [2] (English)
  • Divine Filth: Lost Scatology and Erotica, trans. Mark Spitzer, Solar Books, 2009. A collection of erotic prose and scatological fragments. (English)
  • Le Souverain, drawings Vladimir Velickovic, Fata Morgana, 2010, 88 pp.

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Documentary

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