Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures vii
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
5. CONTRIBUTORS xi
6. READING FREEMAN AGAIN, ANEW 1
7. PART I: KINSHIP OUTSIDE OF NORMATIVE STRUCTURES
8. 1 MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN’S NEIGHBORLY ENCOUNTERS AND THE PROJECT OF NEIGHBORLINESS 25
9. 2 “HER OWN CREED OF BLOOM”: THE TRANSCENDENTAL ECOFEMINISM OF MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN 43
10. 3 “PREPOSTEROUS FANCIES” OR A “PLAIN, COMMON WORLD”? QUEER WORLD-MAKING IN MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN’S “THE PRISM” (1901) 60
11. PART II: VIOLENT, CRIMINAL, AND INFANTICIDAL: FREEMAN’S ODD WOMEN
12. 4 THE REIGN OF THE DOLLS: VIOLENCE AND THE NONHUMAN IN MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN 79
13. 5 TRANSATLANTIC LLORONAS: INFANTICIDE AND GENDER IN MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN AND ALEXANDROS PAPADIAMANTIS 95
14. 6 REDEFINING THE NEW ENGLAND NUN: A REVISIONIST READING IN THE CONTEXT OF PEMBROKE AND IRISH AMERICAN FICTION 112
15. PART III: WOMEN’S WORK: CAPITAL, BUSINESS, LABOR
16. 7 HUNGER STRIKES: QUEER NATURALISM AND THE GENDERING OF SOLIDARITY IN MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN’S THE PORTION OF LABOR 131
17. 8 “IT WON’T BE LONG BEFORE THE GRIND-MILL GETS HOLD OF HIM”: CHILD LABOR IN MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN’S THE PORTION OF LABOR 147
18. 9 LITERARY BUSINESSWOMAN EXTRAORDINAIRE 164
19. 10 DECONSTRUCTING UPPER-MIDDLECLASS RITES AND RITUALS: READING MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN’S STORIES ALONGSIDE MARY LOUISE BOOTH’S HARPER’S BAZAR 182
20. PART IV: PERIODIZATION RECONSIDERED
21. 11 MOBILIZING THE GREAT WAR IN MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN’S EDGEWATER PEOPLE 203
22. 12 A CACOPHONY OF VOICES: FREEMAN’S MODERNISM 219
23. 13 UNDERGROUND INFLUENCE: SYLVIA TOWNSEND WARNER’S PASTICHE OF MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN 236
24. 14 UNTIMELY FREEMAN 253
25. AFTERWORD: WHY MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN? WHY NOW? WHERE NEXT? 272
26. Index 286