Clarissa's Ciphers

<p>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...

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Main Author:	Castle, Terry
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Cornell University Press 2021
Subjects:	PN1-6790 hermeneutics Samuel Richardson sexual politics reader-response criticism Clarissa feminist criticism bic Book Industry Communication::D Literature & literary studies
Online Access:	19888
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