Gender and Genre - German Women Write the French Revolution

Informationen zum Autor By Stephanie M. Hilger Klappentext Gender and Genre explores the ways in which German women writers used literature, in the sense of belles lettres, to comment on the French Revolution and its aftermath. By doing so, these authors adapted major literary genres and questioned these genres' representation of women in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century literary sphere. Zusammenfassung Gender and Genre explores the ways in which German women writers used literature, in the sense of belles lettres, to comment on the French Revolution and its aftermath. By doing so, these authors adapted major literary genres and questioned these genres’ representation of women in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century literary sphere. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Women Writers, Warriors, and Travelers: The French Revolution in German LiteratureChapter 1: Domestic Fiction, Bourgeois Tragedy, and Gothic Endings: Therese Huber's Die Familie Seldorf (1795-96)Chapter 2: Historical Fiction: Caroline de la Motte Fouqué's Das Heldenmädchen aus der Vendée (1816)Chapter 3: Staging Historical Tragedy: Christine Westphalen's Charlotte Corday (1804)Chapter 4: Autobiographical Petition: The Lebensbeschreibung (1821) of Regula Engel, the "Swiss Amazon" Chapter 5: Robinsonade as Encyclopedia: Sophie von La Roche's Erscheinungen am See Oneida (1798) Chapter 6: Bildungsroman of America: Henriette Frölich's Virginia oder die Kolonie von Kentucky (1820) Conclusion: Fictions of History Works Cited Index About the Author

Product details

• Authors: Stephanie M. Hilger, Hilger Stephanie M.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9781611495317
• ISBN: 978-1-61149-531-7
• No. of pages: 212
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > German linguistics / literary studies; French, France, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, HISTORY / Europe / France, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, german, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Literary studies: general, Gender studies, gender groups, c 1789 to c 1799 (French Revolutionary period), French Revolution, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Gender Identity