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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Print version record. |
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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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"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 victim of hermeneutic abuse. Drawing on feminist criticism and hermeneutic theory, Castle examines the question of authority in the novel. By tracing the patterns of abuse and exploitation that occur when meanings are arbitrarily and violently imposed, she explores the sexual politics of reading."--Provided by publisher |
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Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Subject |
Richardson, Samuel, 1689-1761. Clarissa.
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Richardson, Samuel, 1689-1761. Clarissa.
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Richardson, Samuel, 1689-1761. Clarissa.
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Clarissa (Richardson, Samuel)
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RICHARDSON, SAMUEL, 1689-1761. CLARISSA.
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Epistolary fiction, English -- History and criticism.
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Women and literature -- England -- History -- 18th century.
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Rape victims in literature.
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Reader-response criticism.
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Women in literature.
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Femmes dans la littérature.
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Esthétique de la réception.
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Femmes et littérature -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 18e siècle.
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Victimes de viol dans la littérature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Women in literature
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Epistolary fiction, English
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Rape victims in literature
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Reader-response criticism
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Women and literature
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England
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MUJERES EN LITERATURA.
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REACCION CRITICA DE LECTORES.
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Chronological Term |
1700-1799
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Indexed Term |
hermeneutics |
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Samuel Richardson |
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sexual politics |
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reader-response criticism |
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Clarissa |
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feminist criticism |
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Other Form: |
Print version: Clarissa's ciphers. Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1982 0801414954 (DLC) 82002460 |
ISBN |
1501706934 |
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1501706942 |
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9781501706943 |
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9781501707148 |
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1501707140 |
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9780801414954 |
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0801414954 |
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9781501706936 (electronic bk.) |
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AU@ 000060413219 |
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GBVCP 871326396 |
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AU@ 000075748868 |
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