ISBN:
1501706942
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9781501706943
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9781501707148
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1501707140
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0801414954
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9780801414954
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 Online-Ressource (201 pages)
Schlagwort(e):
Richardson, Samuel
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Richardson, Samuel
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Epistolary fiction, English History and criticism.
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Women and literature England
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History, 18th century.
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Rape victims in literature.
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Reader-response criticism.
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Reader-response criticism
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Epistolary fiction, English
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Women and literature
;
Rape victims in literature
;
Epistolary fiction, English History and criticism
;
Women and literature History 18th century
;
Rape victims in literature
;
Reader-response criticism
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Richardson, Samuel 1689-1761 Clarissa
Kurzfassung:
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
Kurzfassung:
"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
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-196) and index
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