SOURCE: "Elizabeth Bowen's The Demon Lover': Psychosis or Seduction," in Studies in Short Fiction, Vol. 17, No. 4, Fall, 1980, pp. 483-87.
In the essay below, Fraustino develops arguments against Douglas A. Hughes's assessment of "The Demon Lover" as a "psychological delusion," maintaining that this story is intended to be read as a "mystery of high suspense."
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