The New Woman Gothic : Reconfigurations of Distress.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Murphy, Patricia
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Missouri : University of Missouri Press, 2006.
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction. Origins before Departures; Part I. The Blurred Boundary; Chapter One. Public Faces, Public Spaces; Chapter Two. The Oldest Profession and the Newest Professionals; Chapter Three. Sexuality: Beyond a Double Bind; Part II. Reimagined Conventions; Chapter Four. London as Sexualized Labyrinth; Chapter Five. Buried Alive in the Fin de Siècle; Chapter Six. Entrapment within the "Institution" of Marriage; Chapter Seven. The Body as Ruin; Part III. Villainous Characters; Chapter Eight. The Bad Husband; Chapter Nine. The Mother as Agent.
  • Chapter Ten. Exceeding AlterityConclusion. Looking Back and Looking Forward; Notes; Works Cited; Index.