MCDOWELL, Lesley:

BETWEEN THE SHEETS. The Literary Liasons of Nine 20th Century Women Writers.

Overlook Press, New York,2010. 8vo.pp.365.b/w.photographs in text,index,bibliography.Very Good hardcover in Very Good dust wrapper. Item #25030

Why did a gifted writer like Sylvia Plath stumble into a marriage that drove her to suicide? Why did Hilda Doolittle want to marry Ezra Pound when she was attracted to women? Why did Simone DeBeauvoir pimp for John Paul Satre?Was the damage done in these toxic sexual liasons the fuel for the work of these female writers ? Nine literary partnerships examinined. A fascinating read.

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