February 2009
January 2009
Georges Bataille in Literature and Evil
“I would to go beyond my limited purpose of presenting the problem of Evil rationally and say that the being which we are is primarily a finite being (a mortal individual). His limitations are no doubt necessary to the being, but he cannot endure them. It is by going beyond these limitations which are necessary for his preservation that he asserts the nature of his being. We must admit the...
Jean Wahl has written about The Tyger in his Notes...
The Tiger is the divine spark, fierce individuality surrounded by the forest where good and evil are intermixed. But should the consciousness which we have of this terrible beauty make us accept evil without transforming it? And if there is a possible transformation where should we look for it and how should we effect it? The last lines are an answer to this problem. The spark itself is a shaft of...
“I carefully explained to Abhor that since murderers murder people, it’s...”
“Bells are heard ringing. She is standing on the threshold. She is naked. A...”
“‘No,’ The second one explained: ‘Why should I trust you? You...”
