Woman and the Demon: The Life of a Victorian Myth

Abstract

* Introduction * The Myth of Womanhood: Victims * The Myth of Womanhood: Queens * Angels and Demons: Woman's Marriage of Heaven and Hell * Old Maids and the Wish for Wings * The Rise of the Fallen Woman * Victorian Womanhood and Literary Character * Epilogue: The Death of Character and the Fight for Womanhood * Notes * Index