Literary seductions : compulsive writers and diverted readers / Frances Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Frances, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.

Mandelʹshtam, Osip, 1891-1938.

Graves, Robert, 1895-1985.

Miller, Henry, 1891-1980.

Authors, English--20th century--Biography.

Authors, English.

Relations with women.

Authors and readers.

History.

Great Britain.

United States.

Authors and readers--United States--History.

Authors and readers--Great Britain--History.

Miller, Henry, 1891-1980--Relations with women.

Miller, Henry.

Graves, Robert, 1895-1985--Relations with women.

Graves, Robert.

Mandelʹshtam, Osip, 1891-1938--Relations with women.

Mandelʹshtam, Osip.

Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939--Relations with women.

Yeats, W. B.

Man-woman relationships--History.

Man-woman relationships.

Authors--Biography.

Authors.

Seduction.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxxiv, 258 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.

Summary:

Exploring relationships between literary couples whose mutual obsession for writing resulted in equally explosive sexual relationships, Wilson imbues astute literary criticism with raging hormones. For Anais Nin and Henry Miller, Laura Riding and Robert Graves, and W.B. and George Yeats, among others, bodies and books became interchangeable.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Literary diversions

1. Seduced readers: between the sheets

2. Literary possession: Anaïs Nin and Henry Miller

3. Literary consumption: Laura Riding and Robert Graves

4. Literary containment: Osip and Nadezhda Mandelstam

Afterword: Literary consummation: W.B. and George Yeats

Notes

Index.

ISBN:

0312261934

OCLC:

44543610