Literary Seductions by Frances Wilson
Lady Caroline Lamb's seduction by Lord Byron's "Childe Harold" cost her both marriage and mental health; Laura Riding, claiming she was poetry incarnate, leapt from a fourth-storey building; Robert Graves, believing she was right, followed. Why do some writers compel their readers to sacrifice all on the strength of a few words? In attempting to answer this question, "Literary Seductions" examines tales of literary love affairs which went one step further - of readers who give up everything for writers and their work.
Frances Wilson lives in London with her daughter and teaches English Literature at Reading University. She is the author of Literary Seductions, which was praised by Alain de Botton as 'psychologically rich and wise', and by Amanda Foreman as 'an extraordinary book [which] combines profound insights with a sparkling style'.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780571192885 |
| ISBN 10 | 0571192882 |
| Title | Literary Seductions |
| Author | Frances Wilson |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year published | 1999-10-04 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
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