The Female Thermometer : Eighteenth-Century Culture and the Invention of the Uncanny

The Female Thermometer : Eighteenth-Century Culture and the Invention of the Uncanny
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 294
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ISBN-10 : 9780198024279
ISBN-13 : 0198024274
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Book Synopsis The Female Thermometer : Eighteenth-Century Culture and the Invention of the Uncanny by : Terry Castle Professor of English Stanford University

Download or read book The Female Thermometer : Eighteenth-Century Culture and the Invention of the Uncanny written by Terry Castle Professor of English Stanford University and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1995-03-24 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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