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Author's note: Lorelei, siren, mermaid, fairy, witch: the beautiful temptress who lures and traps the unwary male appears in many guises in myriad stories. Whatever her origins or name, she is invariably portrayed as a figure of evil that makes grown men shudder. 'La Belle Dame' revisits this recurring theme and hints at the possibility of an alternative interpretation: that the most evil acts may spring out of a misdirected search for happiness, and that therein lies one of the tragedies of the human — and, perhaps, the non-human — condition.
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Dedication: To the memory of John Keats (1795-1821) and Lee Hazlewood (1929-2007).
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