The Female Thermometer: Eighteenth-Century Culture and the Invention of the Uncanny
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The work of leading scholar Terry Castle, called by the New York Times "always engaging...consistently fascinating," has helped to revolutionize eighteenth-century studies. The Female Thermometer brings together Castle's essays on the phantasmagoric side of eighteenth-century literature and culture. Taking as her emblem the fanciful "female thermometer," an imaginary instrument invented by eighteenth-century satirists to measure levels of female sexual...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:019508098X
ISBN13:9780195080988
Release Date:May 1995
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:288 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"
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fascinating
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 14 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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