Margaret HallissyMARGARET HALLISSY is Professor of English at C.W. Post College, Long Island University, where her specialty is medieval literature, especially with regard to women. Her essays have appeared in such journals as Christianity and Literature, Esays in Literature, Renascence, Studies in the Novel, and Studies in Short Fiction. She is the author of Venomous Woman: Fear of the Female in Literature (Greenwood Press, 1987). Read More Read Less