Writing the Self, Creating Community - German Women Authors and the Literary Sphere, 1750-1850

This volume examines the world of German women writers who emerged in the burgeoning literary marketplace of eighteenth-century Europe.

List of contents

Introduction
Empowering Germany's Daughters: On the Pedagogical Program and the Poetic Techniques of Sophie von La Roche
"Ich spreche lieber von guten Büchern": Sophie von La Roche's Concept of Female Authorship and Readership
Challenging Female Ideals: Marie-Elisabeth de La Fite's Translation of Sophie von La Roche's Geschichte des Fräuleins von Sternheim
Catherine II, Polyxene Büsching, and Johanna Charlotte Unzer: A Literary "Community of Practice"
Ghostwriters: The Apparitional Author in Benedikte Naubert's "Die Weiße Frau" (1792) and Sophie Albrecht's Das Höfliche Gespenst (1797)
Vampirism Inverted: Pathology, Gender, and Authorship in Karoline von Günderrode's "Die Bande der Liebe"
Wozu eine Amazonen-Literatur? Literary Creativity and Productivity in the Writings of Helmina von Chézy
Women Writers and the Märchenoma: Foremother, Identity, and Legacy
The Illegitimacy of Authorship and the Legitimization of Passion in Agnes von LilienMargaretmary Daley
The Politics of the Female Body in Louise Aston's and Fanny Lewald's Writings through the Prism of the Romantic Theory of Sociability and Dialogue
Weibliche Irrsterne: Louise Otto-Peters and the Notion of Female Genius in Nineteenth-Century Germany

About the author

Elisabeth Krimmer, Lauren Nossett

Summary

This volume examines the world of German women writers who emerged in the burgeoning literary marketplace of eighteenth-century Europe.

Product details

• Assisted by: Elisabeth Krimmer (Editor), Elisabeth (Series Editor) Krimmer (Editor), Dr. Lauren (Contributor) Nossett (Editor), Lauren Nossett (Editor), Lauren (Contributor) Nossett (Editor)
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9781640140783
• ISBN: 978-1-64014-078-3
• No. of pages: 328
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 232 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 594 g
• Series: Women and Gender in German Stu; Women and Gender in German Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > German linguistics / literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Deutsch, Deutschland, Europäische Geschichte, Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, HISTORY / Europe / Germany, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German, Literature - Classics / Criticism