Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents IX
3. Illustrations XI
4. Acknowledgments XIII
5. Introduction 1
6. Part One. Stowe's Domestic Reformations
7. Chapter One. Domestic Politics in Uncle Tom's Cabin 13
8. Chapter Two. Sentimental Possession 39
9. Part Two. Hawthorne's Gothic Revival
10. Chapter Three.Women's Work and Bodies in The House of the Seven Gables 63
11. Chapter Four. The Mesmerized Spectator 96
12. Part Three. Melville's Misanthropy
13. Chapter Five. Anti-sentimentalism and Authorship in Pierre 135
14. Chapter Six. The Empire of Agoraphobia 170
15. Afterword 197
16. Notes 203
17. Index 251