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Bakogianni, Anastasia and James, Paula (2018). Classical Drama at a Distance: Teaching Performance Reception in an Online Environment. Classical World, 112(1) pp. 707–725.

Feldherr, Andrew and James, Paula (2004). Making the most of Marsyas. Arethusa, 37(1) pp. 75–104.

James, Paula (2015). Hercules as a Symbol of Labour: A Nineteenth-century Class-conflicted Hero. In: Stead, Henry and Hall, Edith eds. Greek and Roman classics in the British struggle for social reform. Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception. London, New York: Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 138–154.

James, Paula (2014). Book Review: Literature and Identity in The Golden Ass of Apuleius. Ancient Narrative, 11 pp. 229–236.

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James, P. (2013). Kiss Me Deadly (1955): Pandora and Prometheus in Robert Aldrich's cinematic subversion of Spillane. In: Cyrino, Monica S. ed. Screening Love and Sex in the Ancient World. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 25–38.

James, Paula (2011). Ovid's Myth of Pygmalion on Screen: In Pursuit of the Perfect Woman. Continuum Studies in Classical Reception. London: Continuum.

James, P. (2010). How classical is Ariadne's parrot? Southall's painting and its literary registers. Ramus, 39(1) pp. 53–72.

James, Paula (2009). Crossing classical thresholds: Gods, monsters and Hell dimensions in the Whedon universe. In: Lowe, Dunstan and Shahabudin, Kim eds. Classics for All: Reworking Antiquity in Mass Culture. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 237–260.

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James, Paula (2009). Paideia at Play: Learning and Wit in Apuleius - Reviewed by Paula James. Ancient Narrative, 8, pp. 167–179.

James, Paula (2007). R.May. Apuleius and drama: The Ass on stage. Ancient Narrative, 6

James, Paula and O'Brien, Maeve (2006). To baldly go: a last look at Lucius and his counter-humiliation strategies. In: Keulen, W.H.; Nauta, R.R. and Panayotakis, S. eds. Lectiones Scrupulosae: Essays on the Text and Interpretation of Apuleius’ Metamorphoses in Honour of Maaike Zimmerman. Ancient Narrative Series, Ancient Na (Supplement). Groningen, Netherlands: Barkhuis Publishing, pp. 234–251.

James, Paula (2006). Ritualistic behaviour in THE WICKER MAN: a classical and carnivalesque perspective on the 'true nature of sacrifice'. In: Franks, Benjamin; Harper, Stephen; Murray, Jonathan and Stevenson, Lesley eds. The Quest for the Wicker Man: history, folklore and Pagan perspectives. Edinburgh: Luath Press, pp. 44–55.

James, Paula (2005). Real and metaphorical mimicking birds in the Metamorphoses of Apuleius. In: Harrison, Stephen; Paschalis, Michael and Frangoulidis, Stavros eds. Metaphor in the Ancient Novel. Ancient narrative (Suppementu). Netherlands: Barkhuis Publishing, pp. 210–224.

James, Paula (2004). What lies beneath: fluid subtexts in Ovid's Metamorphoses. In: Zimmerman, Maaike and Van der Paardt, Rudi eds. Metamorphic Reflections: essays presented to Ben Hijmans on his 75th birthday. Leuwen: Peeters, pp. 1–19.

James, Paula (2003). She's All That: Ovid's ivory statue and the legacy of Pygmalion on film. Classical Bulletin, 79(1) pp. 63–91.

James, Paula (2002). Keeping Apuleius in the Picture: a dialogue between Apuleius' Metamorphoses and the Luis Bunuel's Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie. In: Zimmerman de Graaf, M and Van Der Paard t, R eds. Ancient Narrative, Volume 1. Groningen: Roelf Barkhuis, pp. 185–207.

James, Paula (2001). From prologue to story: metaphor and narrative construction in the opening of the Metamorphoses. In: Kahane, Ahuvia and Laird, Andrew eds. Companion to the prologue to Apuleius' Metamorphoses. Oxford: Oxford University press, pp. 256–266.

James, Paula (2001). Kicking the Habit:the Significance of Consuetudo in interpreting the Fable of Cupid and Psyche. Ramus, 30(2) pp. 152–168.

Ravenhill-Johnson, Annie and James, Paula (2013). The Art and Ideology of the Trade Union Emblem, 1850-1925. London: Anthem Press.