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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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