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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Acknowledgments
Contents
Introduction: The Politics of Domesticating Culture, Then and Now
1. The Rise of Female Authority in the Novel
The Logic of the Social Contract
The Logic of the Sexual Contract
The Sexual Contract as Narrative Paradigm
The Sexual Contract as Narrative Process
2. The Rise of the Domestic Woman
The Book of Class Sexuality
A Country House That is Not a Country House
Labor That is Not Labor
Economy That is Not Money
The Power of Feminization
3. The Rise of the Novel
The Battle of the Books
Strategies of Self-Production: Pamela
The Self Contained: Emma
4. History in the House of Culture
The Rhetoric of Violence: 1819
The Rhetoric of Disorder: 1832
The Politics of Domestic Fiction: 1848
Figures of Desire: The Brontës
5. Seduction and the Scene of Reading
The Woman’s Museum: Jane Eyre
Modern Men: Shirley and the Fuegians
Modern Women: Dora and Mrs. Brown
Epilogue
Notes
Index
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