The female thermometer : eighteenth-century culture and the invention of the uncanny

The female thermometer eighteenth-century culture and the invention of the uncanny

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Castle, Terry (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press 1995.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Ideologies of desire.
Subjects:
English literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
Gothic revival (Literature) > Great Britain.
Women and literature > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Romanticism > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Femininity in literature.
Sex (Psychology) in literature.
Supernatural in literature.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798368806719
Description
Summary: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.
Item Description:Previously issued in print: 1995.
Physical Description:1 online resource (289 p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-268) and index.
ISBN:9780197724118
9781423758488
9781602566217
9781280443343
9780198024279

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