1986, David Hogan, Dark Romance: Sexuality in the Horror Film - Page 43:Werewolf of London (1935) was one of the earliest Hollywood films about werewolfdom; as such, it is ponderous and self-important.
2001, Lindo J. Holland-Toll, As American As Mom, Baseball, and Apple Pie:Werewolfdom is caused by a virus, somewhat like rabies, which liberates an atavistic part of the brain that human beings have lost.
2011, Molly Harper, How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf:Stories about running with Samson in their early days of werewolfdom, most of which ended with Samson waking up naked on the front porch of a ranger station.