Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-289) and index.
Contents
The women's world of British aestheticism -- A love of paradox will lead you far : the nonrealist genres of female aestheticism -- "Not at all unakin to that homespun cult" : the domestic craftswoman and the aesthetic connoisseur -- The dandy in the house : Ouida and the origin of the aesthetic novel -- The angel in Hyde Park : Alice Meynell's "unstable equilibrium" -- Malet the obscure -- Postscript : haunting modernism.
