Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 3
5. Classical Versions and Their Implications 10
6. Callisto in the Medieval and Renaissance Traditions 26
7. A Mask Presented At Ludlow Castle: The Armour of Logos 47
8. Mysteries of Udolpho: Mysteries of the Forest 62
9. Jane Eyre: Even Plain Jane Can Be a Nymph 76
10. The Scarlet Letter: The Power of Society’s Sacred Sanctions 94
11. Adam Bede: Woman Empowered 107
12. Tess of the D’Urbervilles: The Maid Who Went to the Merry Green Wood 119
13. Lady Chatterley’s Lover: Liberating the Myth 137
14. Surfacing: The Matriarchal Myth Re-surfaces 155
15. Beyond Rape 171
16. Appendices 185
17. Notes 193
18. Bibliography 207
19. Index 223