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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Hoofdauteur: Castle, Terry (Auteur)
Formaat: Elektronisch E-boek
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 1982.
Reeks:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Inhoudsopgave:
  • 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.