The Dedalus Book of Femmes Fatales
1991
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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 19th century. THE DEDALUS BOOK OF FEMMES FATALES 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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Author
Brian M. Stableford
Author · 51 books
Brian Michael Stableford is a British science fiction writer who has published more than 70 novels. His earlier books were published under the name Brian M. Stableford, but more recent ones have dropped the middle initial and appeared under the name Brian Stableford. He has also used the pseudonym Brian Craig for a couple of very early works, and again for a few more recent works. The pseudonym derives from the first names of himself and of a school friend from the 1960s, Craig A. Mackintosh, with whom he jointly published some very early work.
