Download or read book Georges Bataille and the Mysticism of Sin written by Peter Tracey Connor and published by . This book was released on 2000-02-10 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Connor argues that literary scholars, eager to represent Bataille as a philosopher or as an early deconstructionist, have tended to neglect or misunderstand Bataille's interest in mysticism. His study is intended to correct this distorted view of Bataille, giving us a more complete picture of the complex and influential writer.