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Various Antidotes (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)

Many of the stories in Various Antidotes are reminiscent of English poet Robert Browning’s dramatic monologues, of which the most often anthologized are “My Last Duchess,” “Fra Lippo Lippi,” “Andrea Del Sarto,” and “The Bishop Orders His Tomb at Saint Praxed’s Church.” Joanna Scott’s stories, like Browning’s poems, seem intended not so much to make a particular point as to re-create the atmosphere and psychology of a particular time and place. She uses her remarkable imagination to transport the reader into strange settings peopled by men and women who are...

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