This book deals with the intersection of desire, imagery and the literary in the context of ethical concerns, reviewing these themes from several points of view and using a wide variety of literary examples as illustrations.
Massey's conclusions are profound. -- Herman Rhpaport, University of Iowa The Kenyon Review This is one of the most sensitive and illuminating studies concerning the ethics of writing as it bears upon the relation between words and images that has been written in recent memory...an important study...It's a brilliant work. -- Herman Rhpaport, University of Iowa This is one of the most sensitive and illuminating studies concerning the ethics of writing as it bears upon the relation between words and images that has been written in recent memory...an important study...It's a brilliant work. -- Herman Rhpaport, University of Iowa Massey's conclusions are profound. -- Herman Rhpaport, University of Iowa The Kenyon Review