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Terry Castle

Author of The Professor and Other Writings

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Terry Castle is Walter A. Haas Professor in the Humanities at Stanford University

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Emma (1815) — Introduction, some editions — 37,727 copies
Northanger Abbey (1817) — Introduction, some editions — 21,478 copies
The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794) — Introduction, some editions — 2,898 copies

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The source of this analysis is more on the author's philosophical interests, and not so much on the actual text of 'Clarissa'. The feeling I had while reading this book is that Terry castle loves hermeneutics, and she used these philosophical tools to interpret 'Clarissa'. So 'Clarissa's Cyphers' is firstly about hermeneutics, and secondly about the novel 'Clarissa'. I don't mind that, this book is an interesting exercise. Some of Terry Castle's ideas I found extremely interesting, and some other ideas for me didn't make any sense at all.
Just to note that Terry Castle focused so much on 20th century philosophy in her study, but she completely ignored the philosophers who did indeed influence Richardson, namely Hobbes and Montaigne. As a result her analysis is from time to time anachronistic.
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Clarissa_ | May 11, 2021 |
Extremely useful resource for Lesbian, Feminist and Women's Lit Crit. Despite the fact that it weighs 20 lbs and I'm apt to destroy the dust jacket, I reference this book almost every day. Beware, many of the cited works you will not be able to lay your hands on with any ease.
 
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senbei | Nov 5, 2013 |
I resisted this book at first because I found the voice so wordy and academic. But I ended up getting to used to the voice, feeling really involved with the characters, and loving the way she thinks about art and life. The whole thing was incredibly intriguing. By the end I couldn't put it down. I'm still surprised by how much I liked it.
 
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marsJ | 3 other reviews | Mar 31, 2013 |
I resisted this book at first because I found the voice so wordy and academic. But I ended up getting to used to the voice, feeling really involved with the characters, and loving the way she thinks about art and life. The whole thing was incredibly intriguing. By the end I couldn't put it down. I'm still surprised by how much I liked it.
 
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