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

<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 sile...

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Main Author: Castle, Terry (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Cornell University Press 1982
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