Leslie A. Sconduto is a French professor at Bradley University. Her previous work includes a study of the literature that created the traditional image of the werewolf as a savage beast. She lives in Hendersonville, North Carolina.
"valuable"--Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies; "Sconduto, offers readers a survey of stories featuring a werewolf, an approach to medieval European literature, French in particular, that has not been full explored before. Tracing the werewolf motif is a meritorious idea, and Sconduto has found every example of note"--French Review; "Sconduto's monograph occupies a prominent place among recent scholarly studies of the werewolf...study adds to...research a new and systematic analysis of major twelfth-century literary narratives about the werewolf...a pioneering piece of research...a fascinating read for werewolf fans and anyone interested in the history of this blood-chilling creature"--Canadian Review of Comparative Literature.
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