Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Abbreviations ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 The Gnomon of the Book: “The Sisters” 16
6. 2 A Walk on the Wild(e) Side: “An Encounter” 30
7. 3 Blind Streets and Seeing Houses: “Araby” 45
8. 4 The Perils of “Eveline” 55
9. 5 Masculinity Games in “After the Race” 68
10. 6 Gambling with Gambles in “Two Gallants” 80
11. 7 Narrative Bread Pudding: “The Boarding House” 93
12. 8 Men Under a Cloud in “A Little Cloud” 109
13. 9 Farrington, the Scrivener, Revisited: “Counterparts” 122
14. 10 Narration Under the Blindfold in “Clay” 140
15. 11 Shocking the Reader in “A Painful Case” 158
16. 12 Genres in Dispute: “Ivy Day in the Committee Room” 172
17. 13 Critical Judgment and Gender Prejudice in “A Mother” 185
18. 14 Setting Critical Accounts Aright in “Grace” 197
19. 15 The Politics of Gender and Art in “The Dead” 216
20. Notes 237
21. Works Cited 265
22. Index 275
23. Acknowledgments 281