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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title" style="font-size:125%; font-style:italic; padding-bottom:0.2em;">Possession: A Romance <span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Possession%3A+A+Romance&rft.author=%5B%5BA.+S.+Byatt%5D%5D&rft.date=1990&rft.pub=%5B%5BChatto+%26+Windus%5D%5D+%28UK%29%3Cbr%3E%5B%5BRandom+House%5D%5D+%28US%29&rft.place=England&rft.pages=511+pp"></span></caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Possessionbookjacket.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/66/Possessionbookjacket.jpg/220px-Possessionbookjacket.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="348" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/66/Possessionbookjacket.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="396" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">First edition (UK)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Author</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/A._S._Byatt" title="A. S. Byatt">A. S. Byatt</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data">Novel</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chatto_%26_Windus" title="Chatto & Windus">Chatto & Windus</a> (UK)<br /><a href="/wiki/Random_House" title="Random House">Random House</a> (US)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Publication date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1990</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publication place</th><td class="infobox-data">England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Media type</th><td class="infobox-data">Print (hardback and paperback)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pages</th><td class="infobox-data">511 pp</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7011-3260-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7011-3260-6">978-0-7011-3260-6</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Possession: A Romance</b></i> is a 1990 best-selling novel by English writer <a href="/wiki/A._S._Byatt" title="A. S. Byatt">A. S. Byatt</a> that won the 1990 <a href="/wiki/Booker_Prize" title="Booker Prize">Booker Prize for Fiction</a>. The novel explores the <a href="/wiki/Postmodern" class="mw-redirect" title="Postmodern">postmodern</a> concerns of similar novels, which are often categorised as <a href="/wiki/Historiographic_metafiction" title="Historiographic metafiction">historiographic metafiction</a>, a genre that blends approaches from both historical fiction and <a href="/wiki/Metafiction" title="Metafiction">metafiction</a>. </p><p>The novel follows two modern-day academics as they research the paper trail around the previously unknown love life between famous fictional poets Randolph Henry Ash and Christabel LaMotte. <i>Possession</i> is set both in the present day and the Victorian era, contrasting the two time periods, as well as echoing similarities and satirising modern <a href="/wiki/Academia" class="mw-redirect" title="Academia">academia</a> and mating rituals. The structure of the novel incorporates many different styles, including fictional <a href="/wiki/Epistolary_novel" title="Epistolary novel">diary entries, letters</a> and poetry, and uses these styles and other devices to explore the <a href="/wiki/Postmodern" class="mw-redirect" title="Postmodern">postmodern</a> concerns of the authority of textual narratives. The title <i>Possession</i> highlights many of the major themes in the novel: questions of ownership and independence between lovers; the practice of collecting historically significant cultural artefacts; and the possession that biographers feel toward their subjects. </p><p>The novel was adapted as a <a href="/wiki/Possession_(2002_film)" title="Possession (2002 film)">feature film</a> by the same name in 2002, and a serialised radio play that ran from 2011 to 2012 on BBC Radio 4. In 2005 <i><a href="/wiki/Time_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Time Magazine">Time Magazine</a></i> included the novel in its list of <i>100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2003 the novel was listed on the BBC's survey <a href="/wiki/The_Big_Read" title="The Big Read">The Big Read</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Possession_(Byatt_novel)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The novel concerns the relationship between two fictional <a href="/wiki/Victorian_literature" title="Victorian literature">Victorian</a> poets, Randolph Henry Ash (whose life and work are loosely based on those of the English poet <a href="/wiki/Robert_Browning" title="Robert Browning">Robert Browning</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Alfred,_Lord_Tennyson" title="Alfred, Lord Tennyson">Alfred, Lord Tennyson</a>, whose work is more consonant with the themes expressed by Ash, as well as Tennyson's having been poet-laureate to Queen Victoria) and Christabel LaMotte (based on <a href="/wiki/Christina_Rossetti" title="Christina Rossetti">Christina Rossetti</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-Parini_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Parini-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as uncovered by present-day academics Roland Michell and Maud Bailey. Following a trail of clues from letters and journals, they collaborate to uncover the truth about Ash and LaMotte's relationship, before it is discovered by rival colleagues. Byatt provides extensive letters, poetry and diaries by major characters in addition to the narrative, including poetry attributed to the fictional Ash and LaMotte. </p><p><a href="/wiki/A._S._Byatt" title="A. S. Byatt">A. S. Byatt</a>, in part, wrote <i>Possession</i> in response to <a href="/wiki/John_Fowles" title="John Fowles">John Fowles</a>' novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_French_Lieutenant%27s_Woman" title="The French Lieutenant's Woman">The French Lieutenant's Woman</a></i> (1969). In an essay in Byatt's nonfiction book, <i>On Histories and Stories</i>, she wrote: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Fowles has said that the nineteenth-century narrator was assuming the omniscience of a god. I think rather the opposite is the case—this kind of fictive narrator can creep closer to the feelings and inner life of characters—as well as providing a Greek chorus—than any first-person mimicry. In 'Possession' I used this kind of narrator deliberately three times in the historical narrative—always to tell what the historians and biographers of my fiction never discovered, always to heighten the reader's imaginative entry into the world of the text.<sup id="cite_ref-ASB_H&S_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ASB_H&S-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot_summary">Plot summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Possession_(Byatt_novel)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Plot summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Obscure scholar Roland Michell, researching in the <a href="/wiki/London_Library" title="London Library">London Library</a>, discovers handwritten drafts of a letter by the eminent <a href="/wiki/Victorian_era" title="Victorian era">Victorian</a> poet Randolph Henry Ash, which lead him to suspect that the married Ash had a hitherto unknown romance. He secretly takes away the documents – a highly unprofessional act for a scholar – and begins to investigate. The trail leads him to Christabel LaMotte, a minor poet and contemporary of Ash, and to Dr. Maud Bailey, an established modern LaMotte scholar and distant relative of LaMotte. Protective of LaMotte, Bailey is drawn into helping Michell with the unfolding mystery. The two scholars find more letters and evidence of a love affair between the poets (with evidence of a holiday together during which – they suspect – the relationship may have been consummated); they become obsessed with discovering the truth. At the same time, their own romantic lives – neither of which is satisfactory – develop, and they become romantically entwined in an echo of Ash and LaMotte. The stories of the two couples are told in parallel, and include letters and poetry by the poets. </p><p>The revelation of an affair between Ash and LaMotte would make headlines and reputations in academia because of the prominence of the poets, and colleagues of Roland and Maud become competitors in the race to discover the truth, for all manner of motives. Ash's marriage is revealed to have been unconsummated, although he loved and remained devoted to his wife. He and LaMotte had a short, passionate affair; it led to the suicide of LaMotte's companion (and possibly lover), Blanche Glover, and the secret birth of LaMotte's illegitimate daughter during a year spent in <a href="/wiki/Brittany" title="Brittany">Brittany</a>. LaMotte left the girl with her sister to be raised and passed off as her own. Ash was never informed that he and LaMotte had a child. </p><p>As the <a href="/wiki/Great_Storm_of_1987" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Storm of 1987">Great Storm of 1987</a> strikes England, the interested modern characters come together at Ash's grave, where they intend to exhume documents buried with Ash by his wife, which they believe hold the final key to the mystery. They also uncover a lock of hair. Reading the documents, Maud Bailey learns that rather than being related to LaMotte's sister, as she has always believed, she is directly descended from LaMotte and Ash's illegitimate daughter. Maud is thus heir to the correspondence by the poets. Now that the original letters are in her possession, Roland Michell escapes the potential dire consequences of having stolen the original drafts from the library. He sees an academic career open up before him. Bailey, who has spent her adult life emotionally untouchable, sees possible future happiness with Michell. </p><p>In an epilogue, Ash has an encounter with his daughter Maia in the countryside. Maia talks with Ash for a brief time. Ash makes her a crown of flowers, and asks for a lock of her hair. This lock of hair is the one buried with Ash which was discovered by the scholars, who believed it to be LaMotte’s. Thus it is revealed that both the modern and historical characters <i>(and hence the reader)</i>, have, for the latter half of the book, misunderstood the significance of one of Ash's key mementoes. Ash asks the girl to give LaMotte a message that he has moved on from their relationship and is happy. After he walks away, Maia returns home, breaks the crown of flowers while playing, and forgets to pass the message on to LaMotte. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Possession_(Byatt_novel)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>American writer <a href="/wiki/Jay_Parini" title="Jay Parini">Jay Parini</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, wrote "a plenitude of surprises awaits the reader of this gorgeously written novel. A. S. Byatt is a writer in mid-career whose time has certainly come, because <i>Possession</i> is a tour de force that opens every narrative device of English fiction to inspection without, for a moment, ceasing to delight." Also "The most dazzling aspect of <i>Possession</i> is Ms. Byatt's canny invention of letters, poems and diaries from the 19th century".<sup id="cite_ref-Parini_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Parini-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Critic <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Lehmann-Haupt" title="Christopher Lehmann-Haupt">Christopher Lehmann-Haupt</a>, writing in <i>The New York Times</i>, noted that what he describes as the "wonderfully extravagant novel" is "pointedly subtitled 'A Romance'."<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He says it is at once "a detective story" and "an adultery novel."<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Writing in the <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">Guardian</a></i> online, <a href="/wiki/Sam_Jordison" class="mw-redirect" title="Sam Jordison">Sam Jordison</a>, who described himself as "a longstanding Byatt sceptic", wrote that he was: "caught off-guard by <i>Possession's</i> warmth and wit" ... "Anyone and everything that falls under Byatt's gaze is a source of fun." Commenting on the invented 'historical' texts he said their "effect is dazzling – and similarly ludic erudition is on display throughout." ... "Yet more impressive are in excess of 1,700 lines of original poetry". "In short, the whole book is a gigantic tease – which is certainly satisfying on an intellectual level" but,<i> "Possession's</i> true centre is a big, red, beating heart. It's the warmth and spirit that Byatt has breathed into her characters rather than their cerebral pursuits that makes us care". Concluding, "There's real magic behind all the brainy trickery and an emotional journey on top of the academic quest. So I loved it."<sup id="cite_ref-Sam_Jordison_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sam_Jordison-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_nominations">Awards and nominations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Possession_(Byatt_novel)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Awards and nominations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1990 <a href="/wiki/Booker_Prize" title="Booker Prize">Booker Prize</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1990 <a href="/w/index.php?title=Irish_Times-Aer_Lingus_International_Fiction_Prize&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Irish Times-Aer Lingus International Fiction Prize (page does not exist)">Irish Times-Aer Lingus International Fiction Prize</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Adaptations">Adaptations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Possession_(Byatt_novel)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Adaptations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The novel was adapted as a 2002 <a href="/wiki/Possession_(2002_film)" title="Possession (2002 film)">feature film</a> by the same name, starring <a href="/wiki/Gwyneth_Paltrow" title="Gwyneth Paltrow">Gwyneth Paltrow</a> as Maud Bailey; <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Eckhart" title="Aaron Eckhart">Aaron Eckhart</a> as Roland Michell; and <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Northam" title="Jeremy Northam">Jeremy Northam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Ehle" title="Jennifer Ehle">Jennifer Ehle</a> as the fictional poets Randolph Henry Ash and Christabel LaMotte, respectively. The film differs considerably from the novel.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The novel was also adapted as a radio play, serialised in 15 parts between 19 December 2011 and 6 January 2012, on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" title="BBC Radio 4">BBC Radio 4</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Woman%27s_Hour" title="Woman's Hour">Woman's Hour</a></i>. it featured <a href="/wiki/Jemma_Redgrave" title="Jemma Redgrave">Jemma Redgrave</a> as Maud, <a href="/wiki/Harry_Hadden-Paton" title="Harry Hadden-Paton">Harry Hadden-Paton</a> as Roland, <a href="/wiki/James_D%27Arcy" title="James D'Arcy">James D'Arcy</a> as Ash and <a href="/wiki/Rachael_Stirling" title="Rachael Stirling">Rachael Stirling</a> as LaMotte.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Possession_(Byatt_novel)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20051019053903/http://www.time.com/time/2005/100books/the_complete_list.html">"All-Time 100 Novels"</a>. <i>Time</i>. 16 October 2005. 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BBC<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 June</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=BBC+Media+Centre&rft.atitle=Woman%27s+Hour+Drama+%E2%80%93+Possession+%28Programme+Information%29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fmediacentre%2Fproginfo%2F2011%2F51%2Fwomans-hour-drama-possession.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APossession+%28Byatt+novel%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Possession_(Byatt_novel)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Bentley, Nick. "A.S. Byatt, <i>Possession: A Romance</i>". In <i>Contemporary British Fiction</i> (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2008), 140–48. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7486-2420-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7486-2420-1">978-0-7486-2420-1</a>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWells2002" class="citation journal cs1">Wells, Lynn K. (Fall 2002). "Corso, Ricorso: Historical Repetition and Cultural Reflection in A. S. Byatt's Possession: A Romance". <i>MFS Modern Fiction Studies</i>. <b>48</b> (3): 668–692. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1353%2Fmfs.2002.0071">10.1353/mfs.2002.0071</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:162372789">162372789</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=MFS+Modern+Fiction+Studies&rft.atitle=Corso%2C+Ricorso%3A+Historical+Repetition+and+Cultural+Reflection+in+A.+S.+Byatt%27s+Possession%3A+A+Romance&rft.ssn=fall&rft.volume=48&rft.issue=3&rft.pages=668-692&rft.date=2002&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1353%2Fmfs.2002.0071&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A162372789%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft.aulast=Wells&rft.aufirst=Lynn+K.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APossession+%28Byatt+novel%29" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Possession_(Byatt_novel)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/specials/133_wbc_archive_new/page2.shtml">A.S. 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title="P. H. Newby">P. H. Newby</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Something_to_Answer_For" title="Something to Answer For">Something to Answer For</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Bernice_Rubens" title="Bernice Rubens">Bernice Rubens</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/The_Elected_Member" title="The Elected Member">The Elected Member</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lost_Man_Booker_Prize" title="Lost Man Booker Prize">1970 Lost Prize</a>: <a href="/wiki/J._G._Farrell" title="J. G. Farrell">J. G. Farrell</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Troubles_(novel)" title="Troubles (novel)">Troubles</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/V._S._Naipaul" title="V. S. Naipaul">V. S. Naipaul</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/In_a_Free_State" title="In a Free State">In a Free State</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/John_Berger" title="John Berger">John Berger</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/G._(novel)" title="G. (novel)">G.</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/J._G._Farrell" title="J. G. Farrell">J. G. Farrell</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/The_Siege_of_Krishnapur" title="The Siege of Krishnapur">The Siege of Krishnapur</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Nadine_Gordimer" title="Nadine Gordimer">Nadine Gordimer</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/The_Conservationist" title="The Conservationist">The Conservationist</a></i>) and <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Middleton" title="Stanley Middleton">Stanley Middleton</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Holiday_(novel)" title="Holiday (novel)">Holiday</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Ruth_Prawer_Jhabvala" title="Ruth Prawer Jhabvala">Ruth Prawer Jhabvala</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Heat_and_Dust" title="Heat and Dust">Heat and Dust</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/David_Storey" title="David Storey">David Storey</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Saville_(novel)" title="Saville (novel)">Saville</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Scott_(novelist)" title="Paul Scott (novelist)">Paul Scott</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Staying_On" title="Staying On">Staying On</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Iris_Murdoch" title="Iris Murdoch">Iris Murdoch</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/The_Sea,_the_Sea" title="The Sea, the Sea">The Sea, The Sea</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Penelope_Fitzgerald" title="Penelope Fitzgerald">Penelope Fitzgerald</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Offshore_(novel)" title="Offshore (novel)">Offshore</a></i>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/William_Golding" title="William Golding">William Golding</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/To_the_Ends_of_the_Earth#Rites_of_Passage" title="To the Ends of the Earth">Rites of Passage</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Salman_Rushdie" title="Salman Rushdie">Salman Rushdie</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Midnight%27s_Children" title="Midnight's Children">Midnight's Children</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Keneally" title="Thomas Keneally">Thomas Keneally</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Schindler%27s_Ark" title="Schindler's Ark">Schindler's Ark</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/J._M._Coetzee" title="J. M. Coetzee">J. M. Coetzee</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Life_%26_Times_of_Michael_K" title="Life & Times of Michael K">Life & Times of Michael K</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Anita_Brookner" title="Anita Brookner">Anita Brookner</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Hotel_du_Lac" title="Hotel du Lac">Hotel du Lac</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Keri_Hulme" title="Keri Hulme">Keri Hulme</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/The_Bone_People" title="The Bone People">The Bone People</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Kingsley_Amis" title="Kingsley Amis">Kingsley Amis</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/The_Old_Devils" title="The Old Devils">The Old Devils</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Penelope_Lively" title="Penelope Lively">Penelope Lively</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Moon_Tiger" title="Moon Tiger">Moon Tiger</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Peter_Carey_(novelist)" title="Peter Carey (novelist)">Peter Carey</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Oscar_and_Lucinda" title="Oscar and Lucinda">Oscar and Lucinda</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Kazuo_Ishiguro" title="Kazuo Ishiguro">Kazuo Ishiguro</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/The_Remains_of_the_Day" title="The Remains of the Day">The Remains of the Day</a></i>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/A._S._Byatt" title="A. S. Byatt">A. S. Byatt</a> (<i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Possession</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Ben_Okri" title="Ben Okri">Ben Okri</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/The_Famished_Road" title="The Famished Road">The Famished Road</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Ondaatje" title="Michael Ondaatje">Michael Ondaatje</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/The_English_Patient" title="The English Patient">The English Patient</a></i>) and <a href="/wiki/Barry_Unsworth" title="Barry Unsworth">Barry Unsworth</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Sacred_Hunger" title="Sacred Hunger">Sacred Hunger</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Roddy_Doyle" title="Roddy Doyle">Roddy Doyle</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Paddy_Clarke_Ha_Ha_Ha" title="Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha">Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/James_Kelman" title="James Kelman">James Kelman</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/How_Late_It_Was,_How_Late" title="How Late It Was, How Late">How Late It Was, How Late</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Pat_Barker" title="Pat Barker">Pat Barker</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/The_Ghost_Road" title="The Ghost Road">The Ghost Road</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Graham_Swift" title="Graham Swift">Graham Swift</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Last_Orders" title="Last Orders">Last Orders</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Arundhati_Roy" title="Arundhati Roy">Arundhati Roy</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/The_God_of_Small_Things" title="The God of Small Things">The God of Small Things</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Ian_McEwan" title="Ian McEwan">Ian McEwan</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Amsterdam_(novel)" title="Amsterdam (novel)">Amsterdam</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/J._M._Coetzee" title="J. M. Coetzee">J. M. Coetzee</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Disgrace" title="Disgrace">Disgrace</a></i>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Atwood" title="Margaret Atwood">Margaret Atwood</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/The_Blind_Assassin" title="The Blind Assassin">The Blind Assassin</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Peter_Carey_(novelist)" title="Peter Carey (novelist)">Peter Carey</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/True_History_of_the_Kelly_Gang" title="True History of the Kelly Gang">True History of the Kelly Gang</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Yann_Martel" title="Yann Martel">Yann Martel</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Life_of_Pi" title="Life of Pi">Life of Pi</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/DBC_Pierre" title="DBC Pierre">DBC Pierre</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Vernon_God_Little" title="Vernon God Little">Vernon God Little</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Alan_Hollinghurst" title="Alan Hollinghurst">Alan Hollinghurst</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/The_Line_of_Beauty" title="The Line of Beauty">The Line of Beauty</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/John_Banville" title="John Banville">John Banville</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/The_Sea_(novel)" title="The Sea (novel)">The Sea</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2006_Man_Booker_Prize" title="2006 Man Booker Prize">2006</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kiran_Desai" title="Kiran Desai">Kiran Desai</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/The_Inheritance_of_Loss" title="The Inheritance of Loss">The Inheritance of Loss</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2007_Man_Booker_Prize" title="2007 Man Booker Prize">2007</a>: <a href="/wiki/Anne_Enright" title="Anne Enright">Anne Enright</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/The_Gathering_(Enright_novel)" title="The Gathering (Enright novel)">The Gathering</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_Man_Booker_Prize" title="2008 Man Booker Prize">2008</a>: <a href="/wiki/Aravind_Adiga" title="Aravind Adiga">Aravind Adiga</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/The_White_Tiger_(Adiga_novel)" title="The White Tiger (Adiga novel)">The White Tiger</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2009_Man_Booker_Prize" title="2009 Man Booker Prize">2009</a>: <a href="/wiki/Hilary_Mantel" title="Hilary Mantel">Hilary Mantel</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Wolf_Hall" title="Wolf Hall">Wolf Hall</a></i>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2010_Man_Booker_Prize" title="2010 Man Booker Prize">2010</a>: <a href="/wiki/Howard_Jacobson" title="Howard Jacobson">Howard Jacobson</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/The_Finkler_Question" title="The Finkler Question">The Finkler Question</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2011_Man_Booker_Prize" title="2011 Man Booker Prize">2011</a>: <a href="/wiki/Julian_Barnes" title="Julian Barnes">Julian Barnes</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/The_Sense_of_an_Ending" title="The Sense of an Ending">The Sense of an Ending</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_Man_Booker_Prize" title="2012 Man Booker Prize">2012</a>: <a href="/wiki/Hilary_Mantel" title="Hilary Mantel">Hilary Mantel</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Bring_Up_the_Bodies" title="Bring Up the Bodies">Bring Up the Bodies</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2013_Man_Booker_Prize" title="2013 Man Booker Prize">2013</a>: <a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Catton" title="Eleanor Catton">Eleanor Catton</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/The_Luminaries" 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Sellout</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2017_Man_Booker_Prize" title="2017 Man Booker Prize">2017</a>: <a href="/wiki/George_Saunders" title="George Saunders">George Saunders</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_in_the_Bardo" title="Lincoln in the Bardo">Lincoln in the Bardo</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018_Man_Booker_Prize" title="2018 Man Booker Prize">2018</a>: <a href="/wiki/Anna_Burns" title="Anna Burns">Anna Burns</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Milkman_(novel)" title="Milkman (novel)">Milkman</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_Booker_Prize" title="2019 Booker Prize">2019</a>: <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Atwood" title="Margaret Atwood">Margaret Atwood</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/The_Testaments" title="The Testaments">The Testaments</a></i>) and <a href="/wiki/Bernardine_Evaristo" title="Bernardine Evaristo">Bernardine Evaristo</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Girl,_Woman,_Other" title="Girl, Woman, Other">Girl, Woman, Other</a></i>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2020_Booker_Prize" title="2020 Booker Prize">2020</a>: <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Stuart_(writer)" title="Douglas Stuart (writer)">Douglas Stuart</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Shuggie_Bain" title="Shuggie Bain">Shuggie Bain</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2021_Booker_Prize" title="2021 Booker Prize">2021</a>: <a href="/wiki/Damon_Galgut" title="Damon Galgut">Damon Galgut</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/The_Promise_(Galgut_novel)" title="The Promise (Galgut novel)">The Promise</a></i>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022_Booker_Prize" title="2022 Booker Prize">2022</a>: <a href="/wiki/Shehan_Karunatilaka" title="Shehan Karunatilaka">Shehan Karunatilaka</a> (<i><a 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