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  This examination of critical reactions to Bacon is very welcome

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  The Art Newspaper

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Narrative
2. Perception
3. Death
4. Bodyscapes
5. Masculinity
References
Bibliography
List of Illustrations

Ernst van Alphen is Professor of Literary Studies at Leiden University in The Netherlands. His previous publications include Francis Bacon and the Loss of Self (Reaktion, 1992), Art in Mind: How Contemporary Images Shape Thought (2005) and Caught by History: Holocaust Effects in Contemporary Art, Literature and Theory (1998).