Our Ladies of Darkness: Feminine Daemonology in Male Gothic Fiction. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1993. Rpt. in paperback 2005. Chapter Reprints: part of chapter 3 in Short Story Criticism, vol. 20 (Gale Research, 1995): 38–41; part of chapter 4 in The Dark Fantastic, ed. C. W. Sullivan III, Greenwood Press, 1997. 49–57. Reviews of Our Ladies of Darkness: J. Mullan, Times Literary Supplement, Dec. 24, 1993: 7. H. Meyers, Studies in Short Fiction 31.3 (1994):527–28. S. Keen, College English 56.2 (1994): 209–16. D.L. Hoeveler, Journal of the History of Sexuality 4 (Apr. 1994): 638–4 This book is what I call a "post-Jungian" study of female demons haunting male protagonists in Gothic fiction. I had abandoned Jungian theory by the time I wrote the second book-- |
Immortal Monster: The Mythological Evolution of the Fantastic Beast in Modern Fiction and Film. Westport, CT and London: Greenwood Press, 1999. Reviews of Immortal Monster Dirk Remley, Extrapolation 40.3 (Fall 1999): 261–64 Gary Wolfe, Science Fiction Studies 27.2 (July 2000): 315–18. This book has been cited as a major influence many times in a diverse array of texts: books, articles, theses, dissertations, websites, blogs. Perhaps the oddest of the latter can be found here: The blogger has added colorful, suggestive illustrations to chapter 8 of my book. |