Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum

by Behrens, Laurence; Rosen, Leonard J.

• ISBN13: 9780321023971
• ISBN10: 0321023978
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-07-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

The original, best selling interdisciplinary composition text, Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum, 7/e, teaches students of all majors and interests to communicate more effectively. Hallmarks of the text include its sound writing instruction combined with engaging, thematic readings that provide depth of coverage in each discipline-specific chapter. Updated, streamlined pedagogy and class-tested new thematic chapters add excitement and currency to this new edition.

Table of Contents

Preface	xix
Ancillaries	xxvi
A Note to the Student	xxviii
Part I How to Write Summaries, Critiques, and Synthesis	1	(228)
Summary, Paraphrase, and Quotation	2	(43)
What Is a Summary?	2	(1)
Can a Summary Be Objective	2	(1)
Using the Summary	3	(1)
How to Write Summaries	4	(1)
Demonstration: Summary	5	(14)
For the Infertile, a High-Tech Treadmill	5	(4)
Sheryl Gay Stolberg
Reread, Underline, Divide into Stages of Thought	9	(3)
Write a One-Sentence Summary of Each Stage of Thought	12	(1)
Write a Thesis: A One- or Two-Sentence Summary of the Entire Passage	13	(2)
Write the First Draft of the Summary	15	(1)
Summary 1: Combine Thesis Sentence with One-Sentence Section Summaries	15	(1)
Discussion	16	(1)
Summary 2: Combine Thesis Sentence, Section Summaries, and Carefully Chosen Details	16	(3)
Discussion	19	(1)
Summarizing a Narrative	19	(5)
Crossing the Moon: A Journey Through Infertility	20	(4)
Paulette Bates Alden
Summarizing Figures and Tables	24	(4)
Paraphrase	28	(5)
Quotations	33	(9)
Choosing Quotations	33	(4)
Incorporating Quotations into Your Sentences	37	(5)
Exercise	42	(3)
Body Body Double	42	(3)
Alexander M. Capron
Critical Reading and Critique	45	(35)
Critical Reading	45	(12)
Question Category 1: What Is the Author's Purpose in Writing? Does He or She Succeed in This Purpose?	45	(1)
Informative Writing	46	(1)
Persuasive Writing	47	(1)
A Simple One-Step Plan to Solve the Education Crisis: A Message to President Clinton and the 105th Congress	47	(7)
J. Morton Davis
Writing that Entertains	54	(1)
Question Category 2: To What Extent Do You Agree with the Author?	54	(3)
Critique	57	(1)
How to Write Critiques	57	(1)
Demonstration: Critique	58	(6)
Discussion	63	(1)
Exercise	64	(16)
An Avenue to High Academic Standards	65	(5)
Lynn Olson
School-to-Work Will Train, Not Educate	70	(10)
Phyllis Schlafly
Introductions, Theses, and Conclusions	80	(19)
Writing Introductions	80	(5)
Quotation	81	(1)
Historical Review	81	(1)
Review of a Controversy	82	(1)
From the General to the Specific	82	(1)
From the Specific to the General: Anecdote, Illustration	83	(1)
Question	83	(1)
Statement of Thesis	84	(1)
Writing a Thesis	85	(6)
The Components of a Thesis	85	(1)
Limiting the Scope of the Thesis	86	(4)
Using the Thesis	90	(1)
Writing Conclusions	91	(8)
Statement of the Subject's Significance	92	(1)
Call for Further Research	93	(1)
Solution/Recommendation	93	(1)
Anecdote	94	(1)
Quotation	95	(1)
Question	96	(1)
Speculation	97	(2)
Synthesis	99	(76)
What Is a Synthesis?	99	(1)
Purpose	100	(1)
Using Your Success	100	(1)
How to Write Syntheses	101	(1)
The Explanatory Synthesis	101	(26)
The Y2K Problem, or The Millennium Bug	103	(1)
The Story of 00	103	(1)
Joseph Nocera
Countdown to Chaos	104	(1)
Simon Reeve
James Adams
John Davison
Ghost in the Machine	104	(1)
Jeff Green
Beat the Clock	104	(1)
Jan Newberry
Walking on Thin Ice	105	(1)
Peter De Jager
Preventing Time from Marching Backward	105	(1)
Nation's Business
You've Got to be Kidding!	106	(1)
Peter De Jager
The Day the World Shuts Down	106	(1)
Steven Levy
Katie Hafner
Larry Gonick
Dante Chinni
Beware the Millennium	106	(1)
Economist
The Next Date Crisis and the One After That	106	(1)
Robert L. Glass
Consider Your Purpose	106	(1)
Formulate a Thesis	107	(1)
Decide How You Will Use Your Source Material	108	(1)
Develop an Organizational Plan	108	(2)
Write the Topic Sentences	110	(1)
Write Your Synthesis	111	(1)
Model Essay: The Year 2000 Computer Problem	111	(5)
Amy Matsui
Writing Exercise: An Expanded Explanatory Synthesis Drawing Upon More Sources	116	(1)
Year 2000: 1000 Days Away, Survey Results	116	(2)
Howard A. Rubin
Heidi Albrecht Battaglia
Military Memo: Year 2000 Fixes---Top Priority	118	(1)
Dennis J. Reimer
Togo D. West, Jr.
Year 2000 Upgrades: A Small Price to Pay	119	(2)
Leon Kappelman
Confessions of a Former Programmer	121	(1)
Gary H. Anthes
Breakthrough May Help Squish Y2K Bug	122	(1)
Kevin Maney
How to Profit from the Coming Y2K Glitch	123	(1)
Bruce McCall
A Grave Problem with Y2K	124	(3)
Janet Wilson
The Argument Synthesis	127	(30)
The Elements of Argument: Claim, Support, Assumption	128	(1)
The Three Appeals of Argument: Logos, Ethos, Pathos	129	(5)
Developing an Argument Synthesis	134	(1)
The Wal-Mart Controversy	134	(1)
Ban the Bargains	134	(2)
Bob Ortega
Eight Ways to Stop the Store	136	(2)
Albert Norman
Wal-Mart's War on Main Street	138	(1)
Sarah Anderson
Who's Really the Villian?	139	(4)
Jo-Ann Johnston
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.	143	(2)
Hoover's Handbook of American Business
Sprawl-Busting Victories	145	(1)
Albert Norman
Shopping With the Enemy	146	(1)
Economist
Consider Your Purpose	147	(1)
Making a Claim: Formulate a Thesis	147	(1)
Decide How You Will Use Your Source Material	148	(1)
Develop an Organizational Plan	149	(1)
Argument Strategy	149	(1)
Draft and Revise Your Synthesis	150	(1)
Model Essay: A Vote for Wal-Mart	150	(4)
Discussion	154	(3)
Developing and Organizing the Support For Your Arguments	157	(3)
Summarize, Paraphrase, and Quote Supporting Evidence	157	(1)
Provide Various Types of Evidence and Motivational Appeals	157	(1)
Use Climactic Order	158	(1)
Use Logical or Conventional Order	158	(1)
Present and Respond to Counterarguments	159	(1)
Use Concession	159	(1)
Avoid Common Fallacies in Developing and Using Support	159	(1)
The Comparison-and-Contrast Synthesis	160	(15)
A Case for Comparison-Contrast: Murder or Manslaughter?	161	(1)
Rowland v. State	162	(1)
People v. Ashland	163	(3)
Instructions to the Jury	166	(3)
Comparison-Contrast (Organized by Criteria)	169	(1)
Model Essay: Murder or Manslaughter?	169	(4)
Discussion	173	(1)
Summary	174	(1)
Research	175	(54)
Going Beyond This Text	175	(1)
Research Papers in the Academic Disciplines	175	(3)
Finding a Subject	178	(1)
The Research Question	179	(1)
Preliminary Research	180	(3)
Consulting Knowledgeable People	180	(1)
Encyclopedias	181	(1)
Overviews and Bibliographies in Recent Books	182	(1)
Bibliographical Index	182	(1)
Subject-Heading Guides	183	(1)
Focused Research	183	(10)
Books	183	(1)
Electronic Databases	184	(1)
The Benefits and Pitfalls of the World Wide Web	185	(3)
Periodicals: General	188	(1)
Periodicals: Specialized	189	(2)
Biographical Indexes	191	(1)
Dictionaries	192	(1)
Other Sources/Government Publications	192	(1)
Interviews and Surveys	193	(1)
From Research to Working Thesis	193	(2)
The Working Bibliography	195	(2)
Evaluating Sources	197	(1)
Note-Taking	197	(2)
Arranging Your Notes: The Outline	199	(4)
Writing the Draft	203	(1)
Avoiding Plagiarism	204	(1)
Citings Sources	205	(2)
In-Text Citation	206	(1)
Content Notes	206	(1)
Reference Page	207	(1)
MLA Style	207	(1)
In-Text Citation	207	(2)
In-Text Citation of Electronic Sources	209	(1)
Examples of MLA Citations in ``Works Cited'' List	210	(9)
Books	210	(3)
Periodicals	213	(1)
Other Sources	214	(1)
Electronic Sources	215	(4)
APA Style	219	(1)
In-Text Citation	219	(2)
In-Text Citation of Electronic Sources	221	(1)
Examples of APA Citations in ``References'' List	221	(8)
Books	221	(3)
Periodicals	224	(1)
Other Sources	225	(1)
Electronic Sources	226	(3)
Part II An Anthology of Readings	229	(643)
Political Science
Left, Right, Center: The American Political Spectrum	230	(101)
Political Quiz: Are You a Liberal or a Conservative?	232	(4)
Victor Kamber
Bradley S. O'Leary
Not sure what to say when pollsters ask whether you're liberal or conservative? Take this quiz and respond with confidence.
The Debate Beneath the Debate: What American Politics Is Really About	236	(6)
Jeff Smith
Regardless of the particular issue, most political arguments are based on differing assumptions people have about human nature and responsibility, definitions of ``justice,'' and the proper role of government in the social sphere.
Liberalism, Conservatism, Socialism, Libertarianism	242	(18)
James MacGregor Burns
J. W. Peltason
Thomas E. Cronin
David B. Magleby
Four political scientists discuss the main political ideologies in the United States today. Our assumptions about what is best and worst for the nation depend on whether we believe ``in the positive uses of government to bring about justice and equality of opportunity'' or whether we believe more strongly in limited government, private property rights, and free enterprise.
Guides to Political Conflicts	260	(8)
Donald Lazere
Is The Nation liberal or conservative? Is Cornel West more or less liberal than Ted Koppel? What's the difference between fascism and communism? You can't tell the players without a scorecard, so here are six of them to help in the analysis of political rhetoric.
A Progressive Compact	268	(6)
Jeff Faux
The underlying principles of liberalism are redefined for a new generation in the nation's oldest journal of liberal thought, The Nation. According to Faux, ``The progressive story is a vision of community and moral support. Its moral is that you are not alone.''
A Social Conservative Credo	274	(7)
Charles Krauthammer
The classic conservative position: liberal policies, in the form of excessive government intervention in society, have led to the welfare state, cultural decay, and pervasive social breakdown. The solution: less government intervention and greater attention to values.
The Origin of Conservatism	281	(11)
John O. McGinnis
According to McGinnis, ``Evolutionary theories suggest that conservative policies are necessary to govern a fallen man.'' While most liberals recoil from what they consider the social Darwinism of conservatives, McGinnis insists that new research into evolutionary biology validates the application of Darwin's theories to the social sphere.
When Government Gets Mean: Confessions of a Recovering Statist	292	(7)
Barbara Ehrenreich
A writer argues that while liberal goals are just as important now as they ever were, progressives can no longer rely upon the government to solve social problems. Instead, citizens must work together, through their communities and through their unions, to achieve economic justice and to fight government attacks on civil liberties.
The Only Kind of Air	299	(3)
Florence King
A conservative commentator for the National Review doesn't mid if liberals call her mean-spirited. ``I refuse to try to soften myself,'' she asserts, ``because I understand the benefits of the conservative temperament.''
Is the Left Nuts? (Or Is It Me?)	302	(4)
Michael Moore
The documentary filmmaker who made Roger and Me stands firm with organized labor (and most other progressive causes); but he has no use for liberals who won't have a beer at the end of the day with a bunch of working stiffs at the bowling alley.
Mystery Readings: A ``Final Exam'' Assignment	306	(19)
In the final section of the chapter we present eight short pieces that range from liberal to conservative to libertarian to socialist. Try to relate the ideas expressed by any or all of these authors to what you have read earlier in the chapter, and then explain where they stand on the political spectrum, and why you think so.
Who Makes the Clothes We Wear?	307	(2)
Jesse Jackson
America at Risk: Can We Survive Without Moral Values?	309	(2)
William J. Bennett
Family Values Gain Ground	311	(2)
The Wall Street Journal
The Family Values Party	313	(2)
Meg Greenfield
Curb Your Dog!	315	(3)
Virginia I. Postrel
Real Scandal: Betrayal of the Poor	318	(2)
Robert Scheer
The Criminalization of Homelessness	320	(2)
Celine-Marie Pascale
Wrong Way to Help the Homeless	322	(3)
Dwight Hobbs
Synthesis Activities	325	(2)
Research Activities	327	(4)
Psychology
Obedience to Authority	331	(65)
Group Minds	333	(3)
Doris Lessing
The flattering picture we paint of ourselves as individual leaves most of us ``helpless against all kinds of pressures...to conform.''
Opinions and Social Pressure	336	(7)
Solomon E. Asch
How powerful is group pressure upon the individual? A landmark experiment demonstrates that most people will deny the evidence of their own eyesight sooner than risk appearing out of step with the majority.
The Perils of Obedience	343	(14)
Stanley Milgram
A psychologist devises an experiment to test the extent to which people will obey immoral orders. His startling conclusion: that ``ordinary people...without any particular hostility on their part, can become agents in a terrible destructive process.''
Review of Stanley Milgram's Experiments on Obedience	357	(6)
Diana Baumrind
A psychologist faults Milgram's experimental design and argues that social scientists are ethically bound to protect subjects from indignities.
The Stanford Prison Experiment	363	(14)
Philip K. Zimbardo
A psychologist at Stanford University designs an experiment in which college-age men take on the roles of guard and prisoner---with surprising results. ``Can it really be,'' write Zimbardo, ``that intelligent, educated volunteers could have lost sight of the reality that they were merely acting a part in an elaborate game that would eventually end?''
Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem	377	(5)
Erich Fromm
``If mankind commits suicide,'' argues this psychologist and philosopher, ``it will be because people will obey those who command them to push the deadly buttons; because they will obey the archaic passions of fear, hate, and greed; because they will obey obsolete cliches of State sovereignty and national honor.''
The Lottery	382	(9)
Shirley Jackson
In a small town, young and old gather each year to meet their community obligation.
Synthesis Activities	391	(2)
Research Activities	393	(3)
Philosophy/Religion
The Book of Job	396	(89)
The Bible and Suffering	400	(7)
Peter Gomes
A minister in The Memorial Church at Harvard College, Gomes discusses the larger human context of human suffering in which Job is situated.
The Book of Job	407	(28)
An ancient poet asks us to contemplate why bad things happen to good people---a question that, since ancient times, has vexed those who seek to understand why blameless people suffer.
An Introduction to Job	435	(9)
David Neiman
Neiman sets Job in the philosophical and theological context of its day, comparing the view of God in Job to the view expressed by pagans.
The Book of Job and Ancient Near Eastern Tradition	444	(8)
Carol A. Newsom
From her introduction in The New Interpreter's Bible, Newsom writes on Job's complex history of authorship and sets it in a cultural context of ancient Near Eastern literature.
When Bad Things Happen to Good People	452	(12)
Harold S. Kushner
Kushner wrote his well-known book in response to the loss of his son to a rare disease. Rather than deny God's existence or accept a God who would knowingly let the innocent suffer, Rabbi Kushner prefers to believe in a God who is not all powerful (who could not, for instance, prevent a child from contracting a fatal illness).
The Myth of Justice	464	(5)
Michael Dorris
The late novelist and essayist bitterly rejects the idea of justice, both in this world and the next. Justice here, writes Dorris, doesn't exist: As for eternal justice in the afterlife, that's an illusion (a ``palliative myth'') that keeps us happy in an otherwise disappointing world.
Job: Implications for Today	469	(5)
Dianne Bergant
A professor of Biblical Studies finds in Job a universal story that speaks directly to us. She writes: ``The horrors of war, or of ethnic, racial, sexual, or other social discrimination or brutality victimize countless women and men and defy all standards of justice and harmony.... [T]he human miseries often lead to an even greater tragedy---the denial of any meaning of life.''
God Has Need of Man	474	(7)
Archibald MacLeish
The dramatist observes that Job, despite his cruel tests, never loses his love of God. It is this love, in spite of his (and our) inability to explain suffering, that makes life beautiful and allows us to ``hold together in one thought those terrible opposites of good and evil.''
Synthesis Activities	481	(3)
Research Activities	484	(1)
Biology/Genetics
The Brave New World of Biotechnology	485	(106)
Brave New World	490	(11)
Aldous Huxley
Tour the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre, where human embryos are incubated and hatched, their intelligence and social class determined before ``birth.''
Recombinant DNA and Genetic Engineering	501	(23)
Cecie Starr
Ralph Taggart
The authors of a leading college biology text explain how genetic engineering works, what benefits it provides, and the kind of ethical dilemmas it creates.
Tinkering with Destiny
Shannon Brownlee
Gareth G. Cook
Viva Hardigg
Human gene therapy promises to revolutionize the ways in which we diagnose and treat disease. But family members, scientists, counselors, doctors, and entrepreneurs are not always prepared to deal with the issues raised by the new biotechnology.
The Grandiose Claims of Geneticists	524	(5)
Dorothy Nelkin
Yes, biotechnology is very promising, acknowledges sociologist Dorothy Nelkin; but ``scientists should restrain their tendencies to oversell their work'' and they should be particularly sensitive to the ``possibilities for pernicious abuse.''
The Human Genome Project: A Personal View	529	(8)
James D. Watson
The co-discoverer of the double helix structure of DNA explains and defends one of the most massive scientific undertakings of our time: ``a glorious enterprise'' that seeks to determine the complete genetic blueprint of a human being. The Human Genome Project could lead, he contends, to cures for cancer, Alzheimer's disease, and other human maladies.
Iceland's Blond Ambition	537	(5)
Eliot Marshall
An editor for Science Magazine reports on a company that is hunting for the genetic bases of disease---and for profits---in Iceland.
The Ultimate Therapy: Commercial Eugenics on the Eve of the Biotech Century	542	(14)
Jeremy Rifkin
A long-standing critic of genetic technologies raises a cautionary flag about the profit motive in genetic research.
Fatalist Attraction: The Dubious Case Against Fooling Mother Nature	556	(5)
Virginia I. Postrel
The editor of the libertarian Reason magazine argues that the needs of patients and the services of physician/researchers---that is, the free market---should determine which genetic therapies become available.
When Science Takes the Witness Stand	561	(16)
Peter J. Neufeld
Neville Colman
DNA fingerprinting, we have been told, can provide irrefutable evidence of guilt. But does it? A defense attorney, Peter J. Neufeld, and a physician, Neville Colman, writing in Scientific American, look skeptically on the vaunted forensic applications for genetic matching, pointing out that there is a significant gap between scientific and judicial standards of evidence.
DNA in Court	577	(9)
William Tucker
DNA evidence sufficiently reliable? Controversial among scientists? It just isn't so, argues William Tucker, a staffwriter for the American Spectator. The politics of DNA evidence favors high-rolling defense attorneys who often mount successful objections to the use of genetic fingerprinting by overworked prosecutors.
Synthesis Activities	586	(2)
Research Activities	588	(3)
Folklore
Fairy Tales: A Closer Look at ``Cinderella''	591	(74)
Universality of the Folktale	593	(4)
Stith Thompson
A folklorist, exploring the significance of telling tales, finds them to be ``far older than history, and...not bounded by one continent or one civilization.''
Nine Variants of ``Cinderella''	597	(41)
The much-loved ``Cinderella'' is found in all parts of the world. More than seven hundred versions exist; we include nine of them here.
Cinderella	598	(4)
Charles Perrault
Ashputtle	602	(5)
Jakob
Wilhelm Grimm
When the Clock Strikes	607	(12)
Tanith Lee
A Chinese ``Cinderella''	619	(2)
Tuan Ch'eng Shih
The Maiden, the Frog, and the Chief's Son (An African ``Cinderella'')	621	(4)
Oochigeaskw---The Rough Faces Girl (A Native American ``Cinderella'')	625	(2)
Walt Disney's ``Cinderella''	627	(3)
Campbell Grant
Cinderella	630	(3)
Anne Sexton
On Location: Airy Fairy Tale	633	(5)
Richard Covington
A new ``anti-Disney'' filmed version of ``Cinderella.''
``Cinderella'': A Story of Sibling Rivalry and Oedipal Conflicts	638	(8)
Bruno Bettelheim
A psychoanalytic reading of ``Cinderella'': Every child believes at some period in his life...that because of his secret wishes, if not also his clandestine actions, he deserves to be degraded, banned from the presence of others, relegated to a nether-world of smut.''
Pretty Woman: A Modern Cinderella	646	(11)
Karol Kelley
A feminist historian examines two filmed versions of Perrault's ``Cinderella,'' Disney's animated version (1949) and Pretty Woman (1990), finding them remarkably similar.
Cinderella's Stepsisters	657	(3)
Toni Morrison
In an address at Barnard College, the acclaimed novelist calls on women to treat one another more humanely than the stepsisters treated Cinderella.
Synthesis Activities	660	(3)
Research Activities	663	(2)
Law
You, the Jury	665	(116)
The Maiden and the Pot of Gold: A Case of Emotional Distress	668	(6)
Several men play a cruel practical joke on a gullible woman. She suffers ``mental suffering and humiliation.'' Then she sues.
The American Legal System	674	(11)
David Hricik
What is the purpose of law? Where does it come from? Why do we have ``cases''? An attorney and teacher offers a primer for students of the law.
How to Present Your Case Systemically and Logically	685	(13)
Veda R. Charrow
Myra K. Erhardt
Robert P. Charrow
How lawyers use the IRAC system to make persuasive arguments.
Venezia v. Miller Company: A Defective Beer Bottle?	698	(6)
Ruthi Erdman
Should a brewer be liable for injuries suffered by a child who smashed a beer bottle against a telephone pole? A model IRAC analysis.
The Ridiculed Employee: An Additional Case of Emotional Distress	704	(6)
Does an employee have a case against a supervisor who repeatedly makes fun of his stuttering?
Assault and Battery on the Gridiron: A Case of Reckless Disregard of Safety	710	(8)
A football player, struck by the opposing team's fullback, calls his lawyer.
Of Accidents and Injuries: Some Cases of Negligence	718	(17)
Woman orders 49-cent coffee from McDonald's, collects $2.9 million after it spills on her. Man jumps in front of moving New York City subway train then sues transit company; and other cases.
``Urban War Zone'': A Case of Public Nuisance	735	(8)
A city seeks an injunction against a gang that has been harassing, intimidating, and threatening residents of a neighborhood. But not all members of the gang have committed crimes. Is the injunction constitutional?
The Felled Stop Signs: Some Cases of Homicide	743	(10)
Teens out for a night of pranks pull out and bend down stop signs. Result: a fatal accident the next day. Of what are the culprits guilty?
Drag Racing and Death: Some Cases of Manslaughter	753	(10)
Should someone who participates in a drag race be charged with homicide if he was not driving the car directly involved in the fatal accident?
Chevrolet v. Tree: A Case of Poetic Justice	763	(3)
``A wayward Chevy struck a tree, Whose owner sued defendants three...''
Legal Glossary	766	(6)
Don't know the difference between a tort and a tart? Between the ``appellee'' and the ``appellant''? Fear not: this handy glossary explains all.
Research Activities	772	(1)
Legal Research	772	(7)
Research Topics	779	(2)
Film Studies
The Beast Within: Perspectives on the Horror Film	781	(91)
Why We Crave Horror Movies	784	(3)
Stephen King
The prolific novelist suggests that when we watch scary movies, ``we are daring the nightmare.'' Horror movies allow the irrational and antisocial impulses that we all harbor a brief period of free (and harmless) reign. They allow us to throw ``raw meat'' to our psychic alligators.
Horror Films	787	(6)
Tim Dirks
When was the first Frankenstein film made? Who was the original wolf man? What are the best horror films of the last 20 years? In this entertaining survey of horror films---part of his ``Greatest Films'' website---Tim Dirks tells you (among other things) the terrible indignities suffered over the years by Count Dracula.
The Nightmare World	793	(8)
Stanley J. Solomon
It may be a nightmare world, but it does have rules. Film scholar Solomon discusses the conventions of the horror genre and explains the psychological reasons horror films are scarier---more nightmarish---than science fiction films.
Blowing the Lid Off the Id	801	(8)
Harvey Greenberg
A psychoanalyst considers the ``beast within'' motif in horror and science fiction, films in which the hero and the villain live within the same body, the same brain. Greenberg focuses on The Wolf Man, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and the Freudian ``Id-Monster'' in Forbidden Planet.
Metamorphosis: Humans into Animals	809	(8)
Joyce E. Salisbury
A professor of history demonstrates that the motif of humans transformed into beasts, and back again into humans, can be traced back to ancient Rome. Focusing on several medieval stories, Salisbury shows how early some werewolf tales were suffused with Christian belief.
The Company of Wolves	817	(9)
Angela Carter
In this contemporary retelling of Little Red Riding Hood, Carter, a British writer with a feminist, psychological stance, offers some unusual and unsettling stories about wolves and young women.
Wolf at the Door: An Interview with Neil Jordan	826	(5)
Neil Jordan
After directing the film version of Angela Carter's Company of Wolves (1984), Neil Jordan explains what appealed to him about the story, how it was filmed, and the kind of reactions he was trying to evoke from audiences.
Two Reviews of Company of Wolves	831	(4)
Lawrence O'Toole
J. Hoberman
Two critical reactions to the film version of The Company of Wolves.
Reviews of Wolf	835	(8)
Caryn James
David Denby
Janet Maslin
Three critical reviews of one of the latest versions of the ``wolf man'' motif: the 1994 Wolf, directed by Mike Nichols, and starring Jack Nicholson and Michelle Pfeiffer.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	843	(18)
Robert Louis Stevenson
Excerpts from the classic psychological fable of humans' dual nature---beast and angel: The civilized and gentle (but intellectually arrogant) Dr. Jekyll conducts a fatal experiment, attempting to separate the good and the evil locked in conflict within us all. At first Mr. Hyde comes only when called. But then...
Reviews of Jekyll and Hyde Films	861	(6)
Mordaunt Hall
Roger Ebert
Reviews of three of the numerous films based on Stevenson's story: the 1931 adaptation by Rouben Mamoulian, starring Fredric March; the 1941 version directed by Victor Fleming, starring Spencer Tracy; and the 1996 variant entitled Mary Reilly (Jekyll's housemaid), directed by Stephen Frears, starring Julia Roberts and John Malkovich.
Synthesis Activities	867	(2)
Research Activities	869	(3)
Credits	872	(6)
Index of Authors and Titles	878