hatthegirl(RedRidingHood,Beauty)mighteasilybeasamoral,assavageastheWolf/Beast;thatshemightquertheWolfbythepowerofheroworysexuality,hereroticwolfishhisisthethemeof"ThepanyofWolves",andtowatchThepanyofWolves,thefilmAngelaCartermadewithNeilJordan,weavingtogetherseveralofherwolf-narratives,istolongforthefull-scalewolf-novelsheneverwrote.

    "Wolf-Alice"offersfiamorphoses.Nowthereisy,onlytwoBeasts:aibalDuke,andagirlrearedbywolves,whothinksofherselfasawolf,andwho,arrivingatwomanhood,isdrawntowardsself-knowledgebythemysteryofherownbloodychamber;thatis,hermenstrualflow.Byblood,andbywhatsheseesinmirrors,thatmakeahouseuncosy.

    Atlengththegrandeurofthemountainsbees

    monotonous...Heturnedandstaredatthemountain

    foralongtime.Hehadlivedinitforfourteenyears

    buthehadneverseenitbeforeasitmightlook

    tosomeonewhohadnotknownitasalmostapart

    oftheself...Ashesaidgoodbyetoit,hesawitturninto

    somuchsery,intothewonderfulbackclothfor

    anoldtrytale,taleofachildsuckledby

    wolves,perhaps,orofwolvesnursedbyawoman.

    Cartersfarewelltohermountain-try,attheendofherlastwolf-story,"PeterandtheWolf"inBlaus,signalsthat,likeherhero,shehas"trampedonwards,intoadifferentstory".

    Thereisoherout-and-outfantasyinthisthirdcolleeditationonAMidsummerNightsDreamthatprefigures(andisbetterthan)apassageinWiseChildren.InthisstoryCarterslinguisticexoticismisinfullflight--hereare"breezes,juicyasmahatmythopoeicallyca