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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...

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Clarissa's Ciphers: Meaning and Disruption in Richardson's Clarissa 2016, Cornell University Press, Ithaca

ISBN-13: 9781501707148

Trade paperback

Clarissa's Ciphers: Meaning and Disruption in Richardson's Clarissa 1982, Cornell University Press, Ithaca

ISBN-13: 9780801414954

Hardcover