The Female Thermometer Eighteenth-Century Culture and the Invention of the Uncanny |
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| Author:
| Castle, Terry |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-508098-8 |
| Publication Date: | May 1995 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $133.59AUD $186.95 |
Book Description:
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The Female Thermometer is a collection of Professor Castle's liveliest essays on female identity from the eighteeeth to the early twentieth century. Throughout the book are woven the themes which are constant in Castle's work: fantasy, hallucination, travesty, transgression, women, and sexual ambiguity. These essays form a coherennt and provocative exploration of a range of issues pertinent to gender studies.
The Female Thermometer is a collection of Professor Castle's liveliest essays on female identity from the eighteeeth to the early twentieth century. Throughout the book are woven the themes which are constant in Castle's work: fantasy, hallucination, travesty, transgression, women, and sexual ambiguity. These essays form a coherennt and provocative exploration of a range of issues pertinent to gender studies.