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Clarissa's Ciphers : Meaning and Disruption in Richardson's Clarissa /

"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 an...

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Autore principale: Castle, Terry (Autore)
Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 1982.
Serie:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Soggetti:
RICHARDSON, SAMUEL, > 1689-1761. > CLARISSA.
Richardson, Samuel, > 1689-1761. > Clarissa.
REACCION CRITICA DE LECTORES.
MUJERES EN LITERATURA.
Women and literature
Reader-response criticism
Rape victims in literature
Epistolary fiction, English
Women in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Victimes de viol dans la litterature.
Femmes et litterature > Angleterre > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Esthetique de la reception.
Femmes dans la litterature.
Reader-response criticism.
Rape victims in literature.
Women and literature > England > History > 18th century.
Epistolary fiction, English > History and criticism.
Clarissa (Richardson, Samuel)
England
History
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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Sommario:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Clarissa by halves
  • 2. Discovering reading
  • 3. Reading the letter, reading the world
  • 4. Interrupting "Miss Clary"
  • 5. Denatured signs
  • 6. The voyage out
  • 7. The death of the author: Clarissa's coffin
  • 8. The death of the author: Richardson and the reader
  • 9. Epilogue: The reader lives.

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