Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments vii
3. Contents ix
4. A Note to the Reader xi
5. Introduction. Hawthorne and the History of Personal Life 1
6. 1. Historical Birthmarks. Hawthorne and the Cultural Production of the Psychological Self 13
7. 2. Monsters in the Hothouse. Monstrous Expectations in "Rappacini's Daughter" 59
8. 3. Plotting Womanhood. Feminine Evolution and Narrative Feminization in 'Blithedale' 80
9. 4. Melville's Birthmarks. The Feminization Industry 104
10. 5. Sowing Dragons' Teeth. Sowing Dragons' Teeth 122
11. 6. Cleaning House. From the Gothic to the Middle--Class World Order 144
12. 7. Disciplinary Misrepresentation. Reconstructing Miriam's Hand 162
13. Coda. Hawthorne, the Disturbing Influence, and the Process of Class Formation 181
14. Notes 189
15. Bibliography 221
16. Index 241