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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1998.
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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.