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

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

Courtney, Julia and James, Paula eds. (2006). The Role of the Parrot in Selected Texts from Ovid to Jean Rhys: Telling a Story from an Alternative Viewpoint. Lampeter: Edwin Mellen Press.

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, 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 (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 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 (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.

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.

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

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

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

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