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- Title
Clarissa's Silence.
- Authors
Steele, Kathryn L.
- Abstract
A literary criticism is presented of the novel "Clarissa," by Samuel Richardson, particularly the interpretation of the book by 18th century readers, Clarissa's character as a quiet, modest, obedient and religious woman, and the silence that occurs in Clarissa's correspondence after she is raped. The author argues that the silence in the novel is reflective of an 18th century reading strategy and that the original understanding of Clarissa's modesty and silence differs from how later readers have interpreted the novel.
- Subjects
CRITICISM; CLARISSA: Or, the History of a Young Lady (Book : Richardson); RICHARDSON, Samuel, 1689-1761; READER-response criticism; OBEDIENCE in literature; WOMEN in literature; SILENCE in literature; ENGLISH epistolary fiction
- Publication
Eighteenth Century Fiction, 2010, Vol 23, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0840-6286
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.1353/ecf.2010.0003