Clarissa's Ciphers: Meaning and Disruption in Richardson's Clarissa - Terry Castle - Books - Cornell University Press - 9780801414954 - July 31, 1982
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Clarissa's Ciphers: Meaning and Disruption in Richardson's Clarissa


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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     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released July 31, 1982
ISBN13 9780801414954
Publishers Cornell University Press
Pages 204
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 22 mm   ·   471 g

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