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K. Olchowy (1962-94) iv TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents v Abstract vi List of Abbreviations vii Acknowledgements x Introduction 1 Chapter 1: Images and Scenes of Imprisonment: 32 Patriarchy in Shadow Dance. The Magic Toyshop. Several Perceptions, and Heroes and Villains Chapter 2: Reading and Subverting Patriarchal Plots: 94 Reality, Fantasy, and Desire in Carter's Middle Period Chapter 3: Diagnosing Female Dependence, Suffering, and 121 Self-Destructiveness: Reason, Madness, and Sado­ masochism in Love Chapter 4: Undoing the Psychological Oppression of Women: 174 Portraying New Kinds of Female Consciousness in Fireworks Chapter 5: Mapping the Entrapped Male Imagination: Travelling 238 Through the Inner Space of Masculinity in The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman Chapter 6: Dismantling Sadomasochism and Contemplating Freedom: 268 Critiquing Sade and Man-Made