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Tables of Contents for The Mysterious Death of Mary Rogers
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
xiii
Prologue: The Mary Rogers Tragedy
3
10
A Body Floating Between Two Tides
13
20
The Discovery
15
4
Of Boarders and Other Suspects
19
8
The Mary Rogers Mystery
27
6
``The Beautiful Segar Girl'': Mary in the City of the New World
33
28
Of Mathers and Rogers
37
8
The Beautiful Segar Girl
45
6
Of Tobacco Shops, Sporting Culture, and Boardinghouses
51
7
Conclusion: Mary in the Land of Strangers
58
3
The ``Public Prints,'' the Body of Mary Rogers, and the Violence of Representation
61
23
The Public Prints
65
9
The Tortured Body and the Violence of Representation
74
6
The Press Invents the Death of Mary Rogers
80
4
``Who Murdered Mary Rogers?'': Police Reform, Abortion, and the Criminalization of Private Life
84
25
Policing the City: The Case of Police Reform
87
10
Policing Sex: The Case of Madame Restell
97
10
Postscript: Convergent Genealogy
107
2
Poe Detects Marie: Poe, Mary Rogers, and the Birth of Detective Fiction
109
25
The Problematic Spectacle
111
3
Poe Detects the City
114
8
The Public Prints: Poe Gives a Lesson in Reading
122
5
Landscaping the Female Body: The Mystery of Marie Roget
127
7
Tales of New York in the Ink of Truth: Reinventing Mary Rogers
134
24
Reinventing Mary Rogers
139
13
Inventing History
152
4
Conclusion: Tales of New York
156
2
Epilogue
158
5
Notes
163
36
Selected Bibliography
199
14
Index
213