Acknowledgements.- General Editors' Preface.- Introduction; J.Peck Cookery, not Rookery: Family and Class in David Copperfield; C.R. Vanden Bossche David Copperfield: The Decomposing Self; S.Edwards.- The Man-of-Letters Hero: David Copperfield and the Professional Writer; M.Poovey.- The Lost Self: Gender in David Copperfield; M.Myers.- 'In Search of Beein': Nom/Non du Pere in David Copperfield; V.Carmichael.- Self-Conflict in David Copperfield; J.Kucich.- Deconstructing Dickens: Hard Times; S.Connor.- Family and Society in Hard Times; C.Gallagher.- Writing as a Woman: Dickens, Hard Times, and Feminine Discourses; J.Ferguson Carr Wonderful.- No-Meaning: Language and the Psychopathology of the Family in Hard Times; R.Fabrizio.- Further Reading.- Notes on Contributors.- Index.