agency, 113, 115, 118, 119, 176, 254–261, 271

Alighieri, Dante, xiii, 20

Amis, Martin, 144

‘Angry Young Men,’, 42

Anievas Gamallo, Isabel C., 169, 185, 191, 204

Athena, 210, 247, 260

Atwood, Margaret, 27, 35, 37, 44 (n1), 50, 144, 209

Austen, Jane, 79 (n3)

Auster, Paul, 167

autobiography, 151, 161, 164–168, 172, 269

Bakhtin, Mikhail, 66, 135, 136, 137, 223, 224

Ballard J. G., 35

Barker, Liz, 184, 185

Barker, Pat, 36

Barnes, Julian, 144

Barthes, Roland, xii, 32 (n12), 37

Beeton, Isabella, 181 (n7)

Bettelheim, Bruno, 61, 208

Belsey, Catherine, xiv, 9, 14–16, 26, 29 (n2), 90, 98, 101 (n3), 137, 270–272

Bildungsroman, , 21, 75, 104, 169, 172, 173, 181 (n2), 191, 233, 234, 252 (n1)

Blake, William, 36, 69, 132, 174, 201, 211, 237

Block, Iwan, 189

Borges, Jorge Luis, 221

Brewster, Phillipa, 147, 161

Brontë, Charlotte, 56, 57, 79 (n3), 167, 170, 175, 181 (n5), 192, 198, 199, 200, 247, 269

Brontë, Emily, 56, 76, 88, 109

Broumas, Olga, 44 (n1), 209

Brown, Rita Mae, 164, 191

Butler, Judith, 51, 119, 125, 126, 251

Buñuel, Luis, 36

Calder, Liz, 39

Callil, Carmen, 39, 42

Carroll, Lewis, 3, 36

Carter, Angela, 35–44

Heroes and Villains, , 47–139

Several Perceptions , , 39

Shadow Dance , , 36, 40, 41

The Sadeian Woman , , 37, 40

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories , , xi, 37, 44 (n1, n4), 79 (n1)

The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman, , 38, 128 (n1)

The Magic Toyshop , , 37, 48, 52, 73, 123

The Passion of New Eve , , 38

Nights at the Circus, , 38, 39, 56, 102 (n8), 123

Wise Children, , 39

Castle, Terry, 183, 184, 185, 186, 229 (n1)

‘Coming Out’ novel, 157, 168, 169, 172, 173, 178, 191, 234

confessional mode, 167, 168–172, 178

Cosslet, Tess, 198, 249