The Female Thermometer : Eighteenth-Century Culture and the Invention of the Uncanny
Download or Read eBook The Female Thermometer : Eighteenth-Century Culture and the Invention of the Uncanny PDF 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.
| Author | : Terry Castle Professor of English Stanford University |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 294 |
| Release | : 1995-03-24 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780198024279 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0198024274 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Female Thermometer : Eighteenth-Century Culture and the Invention of the Uncanny by : Terry Castle Professor of English Stanford University
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.
