Back to matchesWe found a matchYour institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.TitleDeadly Girls' Voices, Suspense, and the "Aesthetics of Fear" in Joyce Carol Oates's "The Banshee" and "Doll: A Romance of the Mississippi".AuthorsAntolin, PascaleAbstractAn excerpt from the 1998 essay "The Aesthetics of Fear," by Joyce Carol Oates is presented, which explains her predilection of dark creatures that were featured in her short stories "The Banshee" and "Doll: A Romance of the Mississippi."SubjectsFICTIONAL characters; SHORT story collections; LITERATURE collectionsPublicationBearing Witness: Joyce Carol Oates Studies, 2015, Vol 2, p1ISSN2373-275XPublication typeExcerptDOI10.15867/331917.2.6