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.
| ISBN: | 9780801414954 |
| Publication date: | 31st July 1982 |
| Author: | Terry Castle |
| Publisher: | Cornell University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 201 pages |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: general Literature: history and criticism Gender studies, gender groups |
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.
Clarissa's Ciphers features in the following genres: Literary studies: general, Literature: history and criticism, Gender studies, gender groups
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Clarissa's Ciphers was written by Terry Castle and published by Cornell University Press
Clarissa's Ciphers has 201 pages