The Literary Werewolf: An Anthology

by OTTEN CHARLOTTE F.

• ISBN13: 9780815607533
• ISBN10: 0815607539
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-10-01
• Publisher: Syracuse Univ Pr

Summary

Twenty-two selected werewolf tales offer an unprecedented look at the mystique of the werewolf in relation to human behavior and varied aspects of the human psyche.

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 transmutation. Thus, the author sheds spellbinding light on murky impulses lurking beneath the surface of human consciousness.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Introduction
The Erotic Werewolf
February, Cycle of the Werewolf	p. 5
Eena	p. 7
The Were-Wolf	p. 20
The Rapacious Werewolf
The Wolf	p. 55
Gabriel-Ernest	p. 60
The Diabolical Werewolf
The Thing in the Fog	p. 74
The Werewolves of London	p. 113
The Door of the Unreal	p. 122
The Supernatural Werewolf
The Mark of the Beast	p. 139
The Hound	p. 151
The Victimized Werewolf
The Woman at Loon Point	p. 169
The Werewolf	p. 183
The Avenging Werewolf
The Kill	p. 195
The Lay of the Were-Wolf	p. 206
The Story of Rough Niall of the Speckled Rock	p. 212
The Guilty Werewolf
Lycaon's Punishment	p. 221
The Bitang	p. 224
The Unabsolved Werewolf
The Phantom Farmhouse	p. 231
Running Wolf	p. 252
The Voluntary Werewolf
The She-Wolf	p. 271
Green Messiah	p. 278
Wolves Don't Cry	p. 285
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