Like many women writers of the 19th Century, 20tth Century author Karen Blixen decided to use a male pseudonym, when she decided to give up working her ex-husband's coffee plantation in Africa, and try being a writer instead.  Her pen name, Isaac, (Laughter) signals that she wants to laugh at the masquerade she has created … Continue reading Reading SEVEN GOTHIC TALES: Transformation, Transvestism, and “feminine” desire