Women, the Novel, and the German Nation 1771–1871 - Domestic Fiction in the Fatherland

The first survey in English of novels by German women in the period 1771???1871, and their role in shaping attitudes.

Sommario

1. Introduction: women, the novel, and the German nation; 2. The emergence of German domestic fiction; 3. German women respond to the French Revolution; 4. Liberation's aftermath: the early restoration; 5. Feminists in the Vormärz; 6. Eugene Marlitt: the art of liberal compromise; Notes; Works cited; Index.

Riassunto

This 1998 book is a survey in English of novels by German women from 1771 to 1871. It discusses the lives and works of fourteen women writers, and argues that their novels played an important role in shaping attitudes toward class, gender and the nation in the century before Germany's first unification.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Todd Kontje, Todd Curtis Kontje, Kontje Todd
• Editore: Cambridge Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.10.1998
• EAN: 9780521631105
• ISBN: 978-0-521-63110-5
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Peso: 550 g
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in German; Cambridge Studies in German
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; Germany, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, german, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers