Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. List of Illustrations VII
4. Acknowledgments IX
5. Titles of Zayas and Cervantes Novellas in English Translation XI
6. PART I The Subject in Question
7. Introduction: Desiring Readers 3
8. 1 The Biographical Puzzle 17
9. 2 The Writer and Her Reception 37
10. 3 The Prologue "Al que leyere" and the Question of Zayas's Feminism 61
11. PART II The Mother Plot
12. 4 Aventurarse perdiendo 87
13. 5 Mothers Otherwise 135
14. PART III Border Crossings
15. 6 Phallic Woman; or, The Laugh of the Medusa 161
16. 7 The Sexual Masquerade: Cross-Dressing and Gender Definition 199
17. 8 The Undead and the Supernatural 239
18. 9 Familiar Enemies 287
19. PART IV En-closure
20. 10 Framing the Tale 319
21. Conclusion 349
22. APPENDIXES
23. Appendix I: The First Ending of El castigo de la miseria 357
24. Appendix II: Plots Summaries 361
25. Appendix III: Charts of Stories 381
26. Notes 397
27. Works Cited 449
28. Index 463