The Female Thermometer: Eighteenth-Century Culture and the Invention of the Uncanny
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Book Overview
A collection of the author's essays on the history and development of female identity from the 18th to the early 20th centuries. Throughout the book are woven themes which are constant in Castle's work: fantasy, hallucination, travesty, transgression and sexual ambiguity.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0195080971
ISBN13:9780195080971
Release Date:May 1995
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:288 Pages
Weight:1.30 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.5" x 9.6"
Customer Reviews
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fascinating
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
This book is brilliant, fascinating and full of surprises - at every turn. There's no need to have any background in the 18C before reading it, though it does help.
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