{"product_id":"9780141195575","title":"Literature and Evil","description":"Author: Bataille, George\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780141195575\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 20 Jul 2012\u003cbr\u003ePages: 192 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn extraordinary collection of essays arguing for literature's complicity with evil, new to Penguin Modern Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Literature is not innocent,' stated Georges Bataille in this extraordinary 1957 collection of essays, arguing that only by acknowledging its complicity with the knowledge of evil can literature communicate fully and intensely. These literary profiles of eight authors and their work, including Emily Bronte's \u003ci\u003eWuthering Heights\u003c\/i\u003e, Baudelaire's \u003ci\u003eLes Fleurs du Mal \u003c\/i\u003eand the writings of Sade, Kafka and Sartre, explore subjects such as violence, eroticism, childhood, myth and transgression, in a work of rich allusion and powerful argument.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48144989225118,"sku":"UBD-9780141195575","price":26.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780141195575.jpg?v=1786877890","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780141195575","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}