In my book, The Critical I (Columbia, 1992), the first section deals with three people's responses to the soft-porn _The Story of O_. But, as Derek Bouse points out, why should we bother with actual responses when we can settle the matter by theorizing? Best, +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Norman N. Holland Marston-Milbauer Professor of English | | University of Florida Gainesville FL 32611 Tel: (904) 377-0096 | | BITNET: nnh@nervm INTERNET: [log in to unmask] | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+