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Clarissa's Ciphers: Meaning and Disruption in Richardson's Clarissa
Terry Castle
Clarissa's Ciphers: Meaning and Disruption in Richardson's Clarissa
Terry Castle
As Samuel Richardson's 'exemplar to her sex,’ Clarissa in the eponymous novel published in 1748 is the paradigmatic female victim. In Clarissa’s Ciphers, Terry Castle delineates the ways in which, in a world where only voice carries authority, Clarissa is repeatedly silenced, both metaphorically and literally. A victim of rape, she is first a...
204 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | November 1, 2016 |
ISBN13 | 9781501707148 |
Publishers | Cornell University Press |
Pages | 204 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 16 mm · 454 g |
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