Charlie Jane Anders on How A.S. Byatt’s <em>Possession</em> Paved the Way for Dark Academia

Charlie Jane Anders on How A.S. Byatt’s Possession Paved the Way for Dark Academia

The Author of “Lessons in Magic and Disaster” Rereads an Iconic Text in a Time of Academic Suppression

By Charlie Jane Anders | August 19, 2025

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