Literary Seductions [electronic resource] : Compulsive Writers and Diverted Readers
Frances Wilson2024
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'The reader's love of the writing tends to become indistinguishable from his
love of the writer.'
Beautiful writing has exercised its intoxicating power over readers since time
immemorial. And yet, on occasion, this seduction extends beyond the page and
sparks an irreversible connection between author and reader. This is a true
literary seduction.
In Literary Seductions , Frances Wilson demonstrates how some of history's most
renowned writers were themselves ensnared by the writing they consumed, and
which in turn consumed them. Through a series of famous literary couples –
Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning; Anaïs Nin and Henry Miller; Osip
Mandelstam and his wife Nadezhda – Wilson evokes the evolution from literary
seduction to sexual desire.
With stories of self-sacrifice, self-effacement and even self-immolation,
Literary Seductions recounts the powerful, inflammatory and sometimes
destructive nature of literature.
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Author:
Frances Wilson, Author
Imprint:
London United Kingdom : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (304 pages)
Audience:
General / adult
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781526670939
Language:
English
BRN:
528014
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