Amy M. Clarke is a continuing lecturer in the University Writing Program at the University of California, Davis. She teaches courses in science fiction and fantasy, including seminars on both the Harry Potter and Twilight series, and has recently published a study of Ursula Le Guin. Marijane Osborn is professor emeritus of English at the University of California, Davis. She has written or been a major contributor to several books on Beowulf and has published three books on Middle English topics.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction: Approaching Twilight

AMY M. CLARKE

Luminous and Liminal: Why Edward Shines

MARIJANE OSBORN

Narrative Layering and "High-culture" Romance

YVETTE KISOR

Carlisle's Cross: Locating the Post-Secular Gothic

LORI BRANCH

Eco-Gothics for the Twenty-First Century

JAMES MC ELROY AND EMMA CATHERINE MC ELROY

Noble Werewolves or Native Shape-Shifters?

KRISTIAN JENSEN

Abstinence, American-Style

ANN V. BLISS

Is Twilight Mormon?

SARAH SCHWARTZMAN

Bella and the Choice Made in Eden

SUSAN JEFFERS

Bella and Boundaries, Crossed and Redeployed

KERI WOLF

Sleeping Beauty and the Idealized Undead: Avoiding Adolescence

JANICE HAWES

Why We Like Our Vampires Sexy

STEPHANIE L. DOWDLE

Forks, Washington: From Farms to Forests to Fans

CHRISTINE M. MITCHELL

The Pleasures of Adapting: Reading, Viewing, Logging

PAMELA H. DEMORY

About the Contributors
Bibliography
Index