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Klappentext An introduction to, and overview of, women's writing in German-speaking countries from the Middle Ages to the present day. Zusammenfassung This book provides an introduction to and overview of women's writing in German-speaking countries from the Middle Ages to the present day! including guides to the work of more than 400 women writers. It will be indispensable for students and scholars of German literature! and those interested in women's writing. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. Beginnings to 1700: 1. The Middle Ages Margaret Ives and Almut Suerbaum; 2. Women's writing in the early modern period Helen Watanabe O'Kelly; Part II. The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: 3. The Enlightenment Lesley Sharpe; 4. Revolution, Romanticism, Restoration Judith Purver; Women's writing 1830-1890 Pat Howe; 6. Political writing and women's journals: the 1848 Revolutions Petra Boden; Part III 'Coming of age': 1890-1945: 7. The struggle for emancipation Chris Weedon; 8. Trends in writing by women 1910-1933 Sabine Werner-Birkenbach; 9. Women's writing under National Socialism Agnès Cardinal; 10. Writing in exile Sonja Hilzinger; Part IV. Post-war, East and West: 11. Restoration and resistance: women's writing 1945-1970 Margaret Littler; 12. GDR women writers Ricarda Schmidt; 13. Post-1945 women's poetry from East and West Karen Leeder; 14. Feminism, Frauenliterature, and women's writing of the 1970s and 80s Angelika Bammer; 15. Women's writings in Germany since 1989 Anna K. Kuhn; 16. Writing about women writing in German: postcript and perspectives Elizabeth Boa; Guides to further reading; Bibliographical guide to writers and their works.
