Works
Veeder has been working for over 25 years on a historical novel about Ambrose Bierce and Emma Frances Dawson, which as of 2005 was unpublished and nameless.
Veeder's publications include:
- Henry James, the Lessons of the Master: Popular Fiction and Personal Style in the Nineteenth Century. U of Chicago P, 1975.
- The Woman Question: Society and Literature in Britain and America, 1837–1883, Volume 1: Defining Voices. Elizabeth K. Helsinger, Robin Lauterbach Sheets, William Veeder. U of Chicago P, 1989, c1983.
- The Woman Question: Society and Literature in Britain and America, 1837–1883, Volume 2: Social Issues. Elizabeth K. Helsinger, Robin Lauterbach Sheets, William Veeder. U of Chicago P, 1989, c1983.
- Mary Shelley & Frankenstein: the Fate of Androgyny. U of Chicago P, 1986.
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: After One Hundred Years. Edited by William Veeder and Gordon Hirsch. U of Chicago P, 1988.
- Art of Criticism. Edited by William Veeder and Susan M. Griffin. U of Chicago P, 1988.
His essays have appeared in:
- The Henry James Review
- New essays on The portrait of a lady. Edited by Joel Porte. Cambridge University Press, 1990.
- Henry James: the shorter fiction, reassessments. Edited by N.H. Reeve. St. Martin’s Press, 1997.
- American gothic: new interventions in a national narrative. Edited by Robert K. Martin & Eric Savoy. University of Iowa Press, c1998.
- Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Edited and introduced by Harold Bloom.
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