2004. [Trans. from German] With E. James Lieberman. The Myth of the Birth of the Hero (Der Mythus von der Geburt des Helden, 1922, by Otto Rank) Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press [A psychological discussion of hero myths in many cultures.]
2001. [Trans. from French] Pierrot Lunaire (1884, by Albert Giraud). Kirksville: Truman State University Press. [Fifty poems celebrating Pierrot and the commedia dell’arte.]
1998. [Trans. from German] With E. James Lieberman. Psychology and the Soul (Seelenglaube und Psychologie, 1931, by Otto Rank). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. [a psychological/cultural history of belief in the soul.]
1992. [Trans. from German] The Incest Theme in Literature and Legend (Das Inzest-Motiv in Dichtung und Sage, 1912, by Otto Rank). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. [an exhaustive treatment of the Oedipus and Electra legends and related material from the Greeks to the twentieth century.]