Clayton Carlyle Tarr is Assistant Professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte

• Introduction: Bifurcated beingsPart I: Degeneracy—Backpedaling1 Atrophy in The Time Machine2 Atavism in Heart of DarknessPart II: Disability—Cane and able3 Prosthesis in Our Mutual Friend4 Posthuman in The Law and the LadyPart III: Decorum—Right ankles5 Form in Barchester Towers6 Reform in ArmadalePart IV: Desire—Calf worship7 Muscle in Barnaby Rudge8 Masculinity in King Solomon’s MinesConclusion: See legsIndex

Clayton Carlyle Tarr is Assistant Professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte

• Introduction: Bifurcated beingsPart I: Degeneracy—Backpedaling1 Atrophy in The Time Machine2 Atavism in Heart of DarknessPart II: Disability—Cane and able3 Prosthesis in Our Mutual Friend4 Posthuman in The Law and the LadyPart III: Decorum—Right ankles5 Form in Barchester Towers6 Reform in ArmadalePart IV: Desire—Calf worship7 Muscle in Barnaby Rudge8 Masculinity in King Solomon’s MinesConclusion: See legsIndex

Clayton Carlyle Tarr is Assistant Professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte

• Introduction: Bifurcated beingsPart I: Degeneracy—Backpedaling1 Atrophy in The Time Machine2 Atavism in Heart of DarknessPart II: Disability—Cane and able3 Prosthesis in Our Mutual Friend4 Posthuman in The Law and the LadyPart III: Decorum—Right ankles5 Form in Barchester Towers6 Reform in ArmadalePart IV: Desire—Calf worship7 Muscle in Barnaby Rudge8 Masculinity in King Solomon’s MinesConclusion: See legsIndex