title: The Ascendance of Harley Quinn: Essays on DC's Enigmatic Villain
author: Shelley E. Barba
description: "One of the most popular characters in the DC comicsverse, Harley Quinn is adored by many despite her status as an antihero. This collection of essays is a welcome addition to the scholarship about female characters that are often overlooked in study of genre fiction." --Sherry Ginn, <i>Marvel's Black Widow from Spy to Superhero</i>.
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  A Rebellious Heroine
  
  
    
    
  CHAPTER I: STUART HARLEY: REALIST  
    
  CHAPTER II: A PRELIMINARY TRIAL  
    
  CHAPTER III: THE RECONSTRUCTION BEGINS  
    
  CHAPTER IV: A CHAPTER FROM HARLEY, WITH NOTES  
    
  CHAPTER V: AN EXPERIMENT  
    
  CHAPTER VI: ANOTHER CHAPTER FROM HARLEY  
    
  CHAPTER IV: A DECLARATION  
    
  CHAPTER VII: A BREACH OF FAITH  
    
  CHAPTER VIII: HARLEY RETURNS TO THE FRAY  
    
  CHAPTER IX: A SUMMONS NORTH  
    
  CHAPTER X: BY WAY OF EPILOGUE
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  # A Rebellious Heroine
  
  
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  * CHAPTER I: STUART HARLEY: REALIST
  
  
  * CHAPTER II: A PRELIMINARY TRIAL
  
  
  * CHAPTER III: THE RECONSTRUCTION BEGINS
  
  
  * CHAPTER IV: A CHAPTER FROM HARLEY, WITH NOTES
  
  
  * CHAPTER V: AN EXPERIMENT
  
  
  * CHAPTER VI: ANOTHER CHAPTER FROM HARLEY
  
  
  * CHAPTER IV: A DECLARATION
  
  
  * CHAPTER VII: 