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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Illustrations ix
- Preface xi
- 1 Narrative and the Body 1
- 2 Invasions of Privacy: The Body in the Novel 28
- 3 Marking Out the Modern Body: The French Revolution and Balzac 54
- 4 The Body in the Field of Vision 88
- 5 Nana at Last Unveil'd? Problems of the Modern Nude 123
- 6 Gauguin's Tahitian Body 162
- 7 What Is a Monster? (According to Frankenstein) 199
- 8 Talking Bodies, Delicate Vessels 221
- 9 Transgressive Bodies 257
- Notes 289
- Index 319
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Illustrations ix
- Preface xi
- 1 Narrative and the Body 1
- 2 Invasions of Privacy: The Body in the Novel 28
- 3 Marking Out the Modern Body: The French Revolution and Balzac 54
- 4 The Body in the Field of Vision 88
- 5 Nana at Last Unveil'd? Problems of the Modern Nude 123
- 6 Gauguin's Tahitian Body 162
- 7 What Is a Monster? (According to Frankenstein) 199
- 8 Talking Bodies, Delicate Vessels 221
- 9 Transgressive Bodies 257
- Notes 289
- Index 319