
Popular Culture
Selected Publications
The Guide to U.S. Popular Culture. Mystery
and Detective Fiction content co-edited with William Reynolds.
Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 2001. Michael
Crichton: A Critical Companion--electronic subscription
edition. Greenwood Press, 1998. And all subsequent updates.
Michael Crichton. Critical Companions
to Popular Contemporary Writers. Kathleen Gregory Klein, series editor. Greenwood Press,
1996.
“It’s A Print”: Detective
Fiction from Page to Screen. Co-edited with William Reynolds.
Bowling Green State
University Popular Press, 1994.
“‘Collaring the Other Fellow’s Property’:
Feminism on Dorothy L. Sayers.” In Women Times Three:
Writers, Detectives, Readers. Edited by Kathleen Gregory Klein. Bowling
Green State University Popular Press, 1995.
“Sara Paretsky.” In Great
Women Mystery Writers: Classic to Contemporary. Edited by Kathleen
Gregory Klein. Greenwood
Press, 1994.
“Holmes is Where the Heart Is: The Achievement of Granada
Television’s Sherlock Holmes Films.” In “It’s
A Print”: Detective Fiction from Page to Screen. Co-edited
with William Reynolds. Bowling Green State University Popular Press,
1994.
“Exorcising the Appropriate: Projection and Projective
Identification in Dorothy L. Sayers’ Busman’s Honeymoon.” Studies
in Psychoanalytic Theory, October, 1992.
“Holmes, Encore!” The Armchair
Detective, Winter 1992.
“Keeping Holmes’ Fires Burning.” Mystery
News, Fall 1991.
“The Naming of Lord Peter Wimsey.” Sidelights
on Sayers, volume XXXIII
1991.
Selected Presentations
“The Value of Graphic Novels in Developing a New Literacy.” Grand
Valley State University, EDR 624 Children’s Literature, School of Education.
January 2009. “The Romance Novel: Rumor, Reality, and Risk.” For
ENGL 373: Novels of Stephen King (Kathleen Verduin). February 2009.
“
What is ‘Literature’ High and Low?” Hope College
ENGL 373, Paired Novels (Barbara Mezeske): Holland, Michigan;
September 2004.
“Understanding Narrative Structure (even in Duck Dodgers!)” Hope
College ENGL 248 Introduction to Literature (Kathleen Verduin):
Holland, Michigan; Spring, 2003.
“Gothic Images and Themes in Batman.” Hope
College ENGL 373 Gothic Fiction (Kathleen Verduin): Holland,
Michigan;
Spring 2003.
“The Romance Genre and Politics of Criticism.” Hope
College ENGL 372, War Stories (Kathleen Verduin): Hope College,
February 2002.
“The Romance Novel: Rumor, Reality, and Risk.” Arts
and Humanities Colloquium, Hope College: Holland, Michigan; September
2002. Updated 2006, 2009.
“On the Romance Novel.” Holland
Area Senior Professionals, September 19, 2001.
Interviewed by Cohen, Sarah. “Romance, Chapter and Verse.” The
Indianapolis Star. May 29, 2001.
“A Psychoanalytic Reading of ‘Little Red Cap.’” Hope
College ENGL 373, Literature for Children and Adolescents (for
Richard Mezeske): Holland, Michigan; February 2001.
“Jurassic Sparks: Applying Literary Theory to Popular Culture.” English
Department Colloquium, Hope College: Holland, Michigan; November
1996.
“Allusions in the Naming of Lord Peter Wimsey.” Popular
Culture Association: Las Vegas, Nevada; April 1996.
“Using Popular Culture to Teach the Liberal Arts.” Liberal
Art Network for Development: Grand Rapids, Michigan; February 1996.
“Wake-up Calls: The Detective Fiction of Michael Crichton.” Popular
Culture Association: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; April 1995.
“‘Collaring the Other Fellow’s Property’:
Dorothy L. Sayers and Feminism.” Popular Culture Association:
Chicago, Illinois; April 1994.
“Lost without his Boswell: The Transference of Watson’s
Narration in Granada Television’s Sherlock Holmes Films.” Popular
Culture Association: New Orleans, Louisiana; April 1993.
“Be Trodden Underfoot: Holmes’ Hallucination in Granada
Television’s ‘The Devil’s Foot’.” Popular
Culture Association: Louisville, Kentucky; March 1992.
“Meeting the Castlefield Irregulars.” Eleventh
Annual Wright State University Sherlock Holmes / Conan Doyle
Symposium:
Dayton, Ohio; March 1992.
“The Confines of the Appropriate: Androgynous Issues in
the Early History of Harriet Vane.” Popular Culture Association:
San Antonio, Texas; March 1991.
“A Citizen of No Mean City: Harriet’s Attendance
at the Shrewsbury College Gaudy.” Popular Culture Association:
Toronto, Ontario; March 1990.
“Eques quondom et futurus: Medievalism in Frank Miller’s
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.” International Congress
of Medieval Studies: Kalamazoo, Michigan; May 1989.
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