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Women, the novel, and the German nation 1771-1871 : domestic fiction in the fatherland /

In this 1998 book, Todd Kontje surveys novels by German women over the one-hundred-year period that stretches from the beginnings of a German national literature to the founding of its nation-state. Introducing readers to the lives and works of fourteen women writers of the period, he shows the hist...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kontje, Todd Curtis, 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Colección:Cambridge studies in German.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction: women, the novel, and the German nation
  • 2. The emergence of German domestic fiction. Introduction. Richardson: Clarissa's sacrifice. Rousseau: Julie's compromise. Sophie von LaRoche: Sophie's survival
  • 3. German women respond to the French Revolution. Introduction. Caroline von Wolzogen: for a kinder, gentler patriarchy. Friederike Helene Unger: Julchen Grunthal's father fixation. Therese Huber: patriarchy vs. patriotism in Die Familie Seldorf. Sophie Mereau: experimental fictions
  • 4. Liberation's aftermath: the early Restoration. Introduction. Caroline de la Motte Fouque: Romantic nationalism confronts modernity. Henriette Frolich [Jerta]: a cosmopolitan in Kentucky. Karoline von Woltmann: cosmopolitan conspirators at home. Johanna Schopenhauer: Gabriele's renunciation. Annette von Droste-Hulshoff: Ledwina's lethargy
  • 5. Feminists in the Vormarz. Introduction. Ida Hahn-Hahn: the curse of the idle rich. Fanny Lewald: republican, feminist, Jew.
  • Louise Aston: "Amazons," aristocrats, and other revolutionaries
  • 6. Eugenie Marlitt: the art of liberal compromise.