Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Series Editor’s Preface ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter 1. Saintly Self-Harm: The Victorian Religious Context 37
7. Chapter 2. Beyond the Fleshly Veil: Self-Starvation in the New Woman Novel 78
8. Chapter 3. Deconstructing the Drunkard’s Path: Drunken Bodies in New Woman Fiction 119
9. Chapter 4. Damaging the Body Politic: Self-Mutilation as Spectacle 159
10. Conclusion 197
11. Works Cited 203
12. Index 225