Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xiii
4. Introduction xv
5. Chronology liii
6. 1. The Maternal Models 1
7. 2. The Worthy and Enlightened 25
8. 3. The Sympathetic and Wise 45
9. 4. The Chaste and Compliant 67
10. 5. The Principled and Righteous 87
11. 6. The Accomplished Rhetoricians 109
12. 7. The Depraved and Favored 135
13. 8. Supplementary Biographies 157
14. Notes 183
15. Works Cited 291
16. Index 301
17. Backmatter 325