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  1. paeng

    George Bataille: The History of the Eye

    Interesting! I don't know why, but I am suddenly reminded of Erik Satie, Borges, and Kafka. Perhaps it has to do with some of the images that appear in Mirbeau's work. As I included his work in my ever-increasing Amazon wish list (US$75 for the hardcover edition!), I found suggested works like...
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    George Bataille: The History of the Eye

    Thanks! I remember reading Le Fanu once. I think there's a Dover edition available locally. I also discussed Baudelaire's Flowers of Evil when we read Wilde's Picture of Dorian Gray and watched the film version starring Hurd Hatfield, and only because George Sanders' character, Lord Henry...
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    George Bataille: The History of the Eye

    I've always wanted to read Bataille in light of Foucault but somehow never found the time. There was only one of his titles in the uni library, but I kept looking for Deleuze's Venus in Furs, which curiously is listed in the catalog but has never been found.
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