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Unabashed And Prolific

Philip Hensher DANIEL DEFOE: MASTER OF FICTIONS by Maximillian E. Novak OUP, £30, pp. 756, ISBN 0198126867 P ope allowed that Defoe was not alto gether . a bad writer, admitting......

The Anatomy Of Agony

William Feaver ENDURING CREATION: ART, PAIN AND FORTITUDE by Nigel Spivey Thames & Hudson, £24.95, pp. 272, ISBN 0500237832 T here should be a special category for it, the sort......