Aubrey, James R. "The Fiction of John Fowles." In his John Fowles: A Reference Companion, pp. 109-17. New York: Greenwood Press, 1991.

Summarizes and interprets The Ebony Tower, including commentary on the composition and critical reception of the individual stories.

Davidson, Arnold E. 'Eliduc and 'The Ebony Tower': John Fowles's Variation on a Medieval Lay." The International Fiction Review 11, No. 1 (Winter 1984): 31-6.

Compares the novella The Ebony Tower with Eliduc.

Holloway, Watson L. "The Killing of the Weasel: Hermetism in the Fiction of John Fowles." English Language Notes XXII, No. 3 (March 1985): 69-71.

Sketches the influence of medieval occult lore in Fowles's fiction, centering on an image from The Ebony Tower.

Holmes, Frederick M. "Fictional Self-Consciousness in John Fowles's 'The Ebony Tower'." Ariel 16, No. 3 (July 1985): 21-38.

Examines "the fictional reflexiven ess" of the stories in The Ebony Tower, showing how "the artificiality of the stories as fabricated structures composed of words" elucidates Fowles's fictional themes.

Huffaker, Robert. "The Ebony Tower." In his John Fowles, pp. 116-30. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1980.

Offers a psychological analysis of The Ebony Tower.

Humma, John B. "John Fowles' The Ebony Tower: In the Celtic Mood." Southern Humanities Review XVII, No. 1 (Winter 1983): 33-47.

Discusses the Celtic romance themes of testing and of the green man or woman in The Ebony Tower.

Jesús Martinez, María. "Astarte's Game: Variations in John Fowles's 'The Enigma'." Twentieth Century Literature 42, No. 1 (Spring 1996): 124-44.

Elucidates the means by which "The Enigma" subverts conventions and readers's expectations of the detective-story genre.

McSweeney, Kerry. "John Fowles's Variations in The Ebony Tower." Journal of Modern Language 8, No. 2 (1980/1981): 303-24.

Investigates thematic, artistic, and narrative parallels between The Ebony Tower and Fowles's preceding novels.

Morse, Ruth. "John Fowles, Marie de France, and the Man with Two Wives." Philological Quarterly 63, No. 1 (Winter 1984): 17-30.

Explores "emotional" connections among Eliduc, Fowles's "accurate" translation of it, and his version of it in The Ebony Tower.

Wilson, Raymond J., III. "Allusion and Implication in John Fowles's 'The Cloud'." Studies in Short Fiction 20, No. 1 (Winter 1983): 17-22.

Details the significance of allusions to T. S. Eliot's The Wasteland in "The Cloud" with respect to lightening the story's dark mood.

Additional coverage of Fowles's life and career is contained in the following sources published by The Gale Group: Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography, 1960 to Present; Contemporary Authors, Vols. 5-8; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vols. 25, 71; Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vols. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 15, 33, 87; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vols. 14, 139; Discovering Authors: British; Discovering Authors: Canadian; Discovering Authors: Most-Studied Authors Module; Major 20th-century Writers, Vol. 1; and Something about the Author, Vol. 22.