Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing (The Empson Lectures)

Introduction: Into The Labyrinth -- Prologue -- Orientation: Who Do You Think You Are? (what Is A Writer, And How Did I Become One?) -- Duplicity: The Jekyll Hand, The Hyde Hand, And The Slippery Double (why There Are Always Two) -- Dedication: The Great God Pen (apollo Vs. Mammon: At Whose Altar Should The Writer Worship?) -- Temptation: Prospero, The Wizard Of Oz, Mephisto & Co. (who Waves The Wand, Pulls The Strings, Or Signs The Devil's Book?) -- Communion: Nobody To Nobody (the Eternal Triangle: The Writer, The Reader, And The Book As Go-between) -- Descent: Negotiating With The Dead (who Makes The Trip To The Underworld, And Why?) Margaret Atwood. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 198-207) And Index.