The critic Camille Paglia has written of Harrison's influence on her own work. Paglia argues that Harrison's career has been ignored by second-wave feminists, who Paglia thinks object to Harrison's findings and efface the careers of prominent pre–World War II female scholars to bolster their claims of male domination in academe. Mary Beard's numerous essays and book on Harrison's life, as well as several other biographies of Harrison, have moved the needle however toward much more appreciation of Harrison's achievements, as well as further understanding of the context in which she worked. She remains a controversial figure, with several biographies giving rival accounts of her life and loves. Books on the anthropological search for the origins of Greek religion and mythology, include: