Books

Challinor, Philip.  Akin to Poetry:  Observations on Some Strange Tales by Robert Aickman.  Baton Rouge: Gothic Press, 2010.

Examines eight of Aickman's stories, noting their often indirect cultural and autobiographical allusions, and drawing out at least some meaning behind their frequently enigmatic plots.  See "Essays in Books."

Crawford, Gary William.  Robert Aickman: An Introduction.  Baton Rouge: Gothic Press, 2003.

A biographical, critical, and bibliographic introduction.  Compares Aickman's works to the Surrealists, and notes Aickman's and the Surrealists adherence to Freud.  Discusses Aickman's views about the ghost story, the gender and homosexual themes, and the "surreal moments" in his fiction.