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Debbie Felton
Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1995

533 Herter Hall
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003

413.545.5780 office
413.545.6995 fax

felton@classics.umass.edu

Personal Web Page / Course Information

Research Interests
Classical mythology; folklore in classical literature

Recent Publications

Forthcoming, Dec. 2011. "Monsters and the Monstrous in Classical Literature and Thought," in _The Ashgate Research Companion to Monsters and the Monstrous_, edited by Asa Mittman and Peter Dendle.

Forthcoming, Nov. 2011, in _The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Ancient History_, edited by Roger Bagnall et al.:
? "Cannibalism" (with David Warburton)
? ?Demons, Judaism"
? ?Teeth"

2010. "An Early Roman Analogue for the 'Shoe My Foot' Stanzas?" _Folk Music Journal_ 11.1: 123-130.

2010. "Scary Stories and Tales of the Dead." _Iris_, Autumn 2010, issue XIII: 17-21.

2010. "Why Alexander Founded Alexandrias, Not Athens(es)." W_orld History: Ancient and Medieval Eras_. ABC-CLIO. Web. 10 Sept. 2010 <http://ancienthistory2.abc-clio.com/>.

2009. Derek Collins, _Magic in the Ancient Greek World_ (Blackwell, 2008; xiv, 207 pages). _Bryn Mawr Classical Review Online_ 8/30/2009: http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2009/2009-08-67.html.

2009. Daniel Ogden, _In Search of the Sorcerer?s Apprentice: The traditional tales of Lucian?s Lover of Lies_ (The Classical Press of Wales 2007; 310 pages). _New England Classical Journal_ 36.2: 137-140.

2008. Paul Murgatroyd, _Mythical Monsters in Classical Literature_ (Duckworth 2007; x, 200 pages). _New England Classical Journal_ 35.2: 145-148.

2007. Vanda Zajko and Miriam Leonard, eds, _Laughing with Medusa: Classical Myth and Feminist Thought_ (Oxford 2006; xiv, 445 pages). _Journal of Folklore Research_ online 12/12/07 http://www.indiana.edu/~jofr/review.php?id=376.

2007. The Dead. Daniel Ogden (ed.), Blackwell's Companion to Greek Religion, 86-99. Oxford: Blackwell Press.





 
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