The Anatomical Venus by Helen Ivory Maarten Inghels already have established literary careers

already have established literary careers

together with a substantial portfolio supplied by him of source and reference material

The book is introduced with essays by Roger Garfitt and Jon Glover

pathos and humour

The Anatomical Venus by Helen Ivory Maarten Inghels already have established literary careersAn Anatomical Venus which gives this book its title was an eighteenth century anatomical wax sculpture of an idealised woman, a heady mix of eroticism, death and biological verisimilitude. Venus could be opened up and pulled apart by all the men who studied her. She would give up her secrets the first time of asking. Helen Ivorys new collection The Anatomical Venus examines how women have been portrayed as other; as witches; as hysterics with