Books by Gary Waller

This book traces the history of the Annunciation, exploring the deep and lasting impact of the event on the Western imagination. Waller explores the Annunciation from its appearance in Luke's Gospel, to its rise to prominence in religious doctrine and popular culture, and its gradual decline in importance during the Enlightenment.

Drawing on history, art history, literary criticism and theory, gender studies, theology and psychoanalysis, this interdisciplinary study analyzes the cultural significance of the Shrine of our Lady of Walsingham, medieval England's significant pilgrimage site devoted to the Virgin Mary, which was revived in the twentieth century.

Combining historical analysis and contemporary theory, including issues raised by psychoanalysis and feminist theology, this 2011 book examines the literature, theology and popular culture associated with Mary in the transition between late medieval and early modern England.