Literary Werewolf: An Anthology (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780815629658)

Here is a werewolf anthology that uncovers new terrain. Its stories span centuries. Its storytellers, from Stephen King to Saki, de Maupassant to Kipling, Seabury Quinn to Ovid, are eclectic. Its premise delves deeper into its subject than previous, often sensational, collections.

The Literary Werewolf is arranged into ten story groups based on like human needs for animal transformation. Within its pages waits the werewolf who is Erotic . . . Rapacious . . . Supernatural . . . Victimized . . . Avenging . . . Guilty . . . Unabsolved . . . and Voluntary. Each cluster of tales provides unique insights into varied aspects of the human psyche by examining psychological, physical, moral, spiritual, medical, supernatural, and philosophical facets of human/werewolf transmut11tion. Thus, the author sheds spellbinding light on murky impulses lurking beneath the surface of human consciousness.

Author: Charlotte F. Otten
ISBN-10: 0815629656
ISBN-13: 9780815629658
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2002
Pages: 332
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.29lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.96w x 1.08d

Review Citation(s):
PW Notes and Reprints 11/04/2002 pg. 68
Library Journal 12/01/2002 pg. 182
Publishers Weekly 11/04/2002