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Literary seductions
compulsive writers and diverted readers
By Wilson, Frances
- ISBN
- 978-0-31226-193-1
- Publisher
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on September 15, 2000
Wilson (English literature, Reading Univ., UK; editor of Byromania: Portraits of the Artist in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Culture) examines momentsDwhich she refers to as "literary seductions"Din which readers have lost themselves in the text and writers have lost themselves in the compulsive zeal of writing. She notes that the classic example of literary seduction, the relationship between Elizabeth Bar...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
