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Annotated Bibliography

Harris, W. C., and Dawn Vernooy. "'Orgies Of Nameless Horrors': Gender, Orientalism, And The
Queering Of Violence In Richard Marsh's The Beetle." Papers On Language And
Literature: A Journal For Scholars And Critics Of Language And Literature 48.4 (2012):
338-381. MLA International Bibliography. Web. 27 Mar. 2015.

This article analyzes The Beetle while mostly questioning its ideas of heteronormativity
and Queer Studies, but also implies that the novel deconstructs the idea of feminine. I think that
this text will be useful because it relates the theories of Feminism and Queer Studies in one
paper, and also successfully gives a unique approach to the end of the novel that strengthens their
argument.

Hurley, Kelly. The Gothic Body: Sexuality, Materialism, And Degeneration At The Fin De Sicle.
Cambridge, England: Cambridge UP, 1996. Print.

The Beetle poses an interesting challenge to Queer Studies critics, because there is
ideas of homosexuality, heteronormativity, and bisexuality, but there is also the question
of Abhuman Sexuality, which is the subtitle of a section of this article. Hurley is
analyzing the sexual rhetoric in this novel through a Queer Studies viewpoint. Though I
have yet to finish the article, I so far have found that Hurley and I have similar ideas
when it comes to the Orient and the idea of gender/sexuality, so hopefully this will be
helpful for my paper.

Margee, Victoria. "'Both In Men's Clothing': Gender, Sovereignty And Insecurity In Richard
Marsh's The Beetle." Critical Survey 19.2 (2007): 63-81. MLA International
Bibliography. Web. 27 Mar. 2015.

Margee is arguing that the text fuses Marjorie, who she calls a New Woman and Holt, to
comment on gender in The Beetle. This text is a feminist reading with some Deconstruction
themes throughout as well. Margee analyzes the text through a historical and cultural context,
primarily focusing on Victorian social classes and its relationship to gender.

Vuohelainen, Minna. "Richard Marsh's The Beetle (1897): A Late-Victorian Popular Novel."
Working With English: Medieval And Modern Language, Literature And Drama
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(2006): 89-100. MLA International Bibliography. Web. 27 Mar. 2015.

The Beetle and its mysterious author have both managed to escape pop culture popularity,
so there is only thread-bare information on Wikipedia and no information on any student
websites like Sparknotes or Cliffnotes. However, this article that I retrieved online has a lot of
author biography and general summary, as well as the history of the books life. This could be
helpful for refreshing my memory on basic plots ideas and to put the text in the context of its
publication date.

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Vuohelainen, Minna. "'You Know Not Of What You Speak': Language, Identity, And
Xenophobia In Richard Marsh's The Beetle: A Mystery (1897)." Fear, Loathing, and
Victorian Xenophobia. 312-330. Columbus, OH: Ohio State UP, 2013. MLA International
Bibliography. Web. 27 Mar. 2015.

I chose this text hoping to discover Vuohelainens ideas on identity in the novel, and
through which theory she chooses to examine xenophobia. This adds a unique point of view to
my research.