The Dedalus Book of Femmes Fatales: A Collection of Contemporary and Classic Stories

Ed. Brian Stableford. Contributors: Thomas Ligotti, Ian McDonald, Edgar Allan Poe, John Keats, Theophile Gautier, Charles Baudelaire, Algernon Charles Swinburne, et al.

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ISBN 10: 0781801087 ISBN 13: 9780781801089

Published by UK: Dedalus. Printed in England by Clays Ltd, St Ives Place, 1992

Language: English

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[LITERATURE]. Ed. Brian Stableford. Contributors: Thomas Ligotti, Ian McDonald, Edgar Allan Poe, John Keats, Theophile Gautier, Charles Baudelaire, Algernon Charles Swinburne, et al. "The Dedalus Book of Femmes Fatales: A Collection of Contemporary and Classic Stories." UK: Dedalus. Printed in England by Clays Ltd, St Ives Place, 1992. First edition. English language. Softcover with printed wrappers. Collection of eighteen short fictional stories and poems on the theme of the femme fatale with an introductory critical essay and black-and-white illustrations of Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, Grace Jones, and others. 7 3/4 x 5 inches. 9 oz. 288 pp. Shelf-wear, creasing, minute tears to wrappers. Sticker on back wrapper. Abrasion to spine. Text clean. Good Plus. ISBN: 0781801087. "The idea of a femme fatale, whose sexual magnetism draws men inexorably to destruction, is one of the most enduring and potent images in European literature. The femme fatale became a favorite motif of the Romantic Movement and is widely featured in the poetry, prose, and visual art of the nineteenth century. This text has an introductory essay, before offering the best of the existing stories and a set of specially commissioned new stories. These stories illustrate dramatically the radical changes which have overtaken Western attitudes to sexuality during the last two hundred years, and pay tribute to the underlying constancy of our fascination with the siren song of dangerous passion.".

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The Dedalus Book of Femmes Fatales: A Collection of Contemporary and Classic Stories

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UK: Dedalus. Printed in England by Clays Ltd, St Ives Place

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1992

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English

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0781801087

ISBN 13

9780781801089

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Softcover

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First Edition.

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Good Plus.

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9 ounces

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