A. S. Byatt
Volumes from Possession.
2 volumes
The Fairy Melusine Extensive excerpts
Christabel LaMotte — Possession · A. S. Byatt
A Victorian narrative poem about the Breton fairy who married a mortal on condition he never look at her on Saturdays — written by a woman who was trying to remain unseen.
Ragnarök Extensive excerpts
Randolph Henry Ash — Possession · A. S. Byatt
A Victorian epic of the northern apocalypse — Ymir unmade into earth, the gods still unburdened, blood as a gift that can be spilt — written by the century's public poet in a private hand.