dangerous woman (continued), 110, 118, 127, 132, 141, 146, 148, 155, 160, 164–166, 169, 171–172, 175, 180, 188–189, 191, 195, 200

definition, xi–xi, xv, 1–20

desire, 10, 16, 18, 34, 36, 42–43, 50, 53, 81–83, 85–87, 92, 111, 115–116, 118, 123, 128, 135, 138–139, 142, 146, 151, 153–155, 159–160, 162

Lydia Gwilt, 2–4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 22, 26, 32–39, 51–52, 60, 70, 96, 106, 110, 141–166, 175–176, 209

predator, xi, 7, 10, 17, 23, 61, 110, 112–113, 166, 168–169, 173, 177, 183, 185, 202–203

promiscuity, 95–96

Tess, xi–xii, xviii, 13, 16–17, 162, 164, 167–191, 197, 207, 210

Victorian society, 4, 13, 22, 35, 49, 74–75, 87, 101, 132, 138, 150, 190

Foucault, Michele, x, 12, 24–25, 35, 62, 79, 81, 87, 142–143, 165

agency, 143

Gautier, Theophile, 6, 23, 197

Une Nuit de Cleopatre,, 6

gaze, 120, 139, 178, 203

gender, 12, 16–18, 24, 46, 63, 69, 76, 82, 87, 100, 128, 131, 139, 142–144, 150, 164, 180, 183–184, 195, 198, 208, 210

Gilbert, Pamela, 88

Girard, Renee, 151

Gissing, George, 71, 194, 200–202

The Odd Women,, 71, 194, 200–201

governess, ix, 8, 18, 29, 37, 66–70, 77–78, 100, 112–113, 115–117, 126, 132–133, 135, 148–149, 151, 180

Grand, Sarah, 18, 70, 193–194, 198–199, 209–210

Greg, W. R., 12

Haggard, Rider, 2

She,, 169, 191

Hardy, Thomas, xi, xvii, 13, 16, 162, 164, 167–190, 197, 207, 210

agency, 169, 182, 190

Alec d’Urberville, 170–172, 178, 181, 185, 187–189

Angel Clare, 171–175, 177–182, 184–186

Tess, xi–xii, xviii, 13, 16–17, 162, 164, 167–191, 197, 207, 210

Tess of the d’Urbervilles,, 167–190

hegemonic power structure, 12, 16–17, 28, 50, 66, 69, 125, 134, 166, 185, 192

Helen of Troy, 7

Hughes, Winifred, 4, 36, 115

hysteria, 160

Irigaray, Luce, 39, 133, 169, 185

Jacobus, Mary, 184

Keats, John, 6, 23

La Belle Dame Sans Merci,, 6

Kolakowski, Leszek, xi–x