The Political Woman in Print German Women''s Writing 1845-1919.
Title:
The Political Woman in Print German Women''s Writing 1845-1919.
Author:
Mikus, Birgit.
ISBN:
9783035306262
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Publication Information:
Oxford : Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2014.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (273 pages)
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction. The Politics of Women's Writing; Chapter 1. Social and Legal History; Chapter 2. Louise Aston and the Politics of the Novel; Chapter 3. Malwida von Meysenbug: The Fight for Women's Rights on a Personal Level; Chapter 4. Mathilde Franziska Anneke: Fighting and Writing for the Motherland; Chapter 5. Fanny Lewald: The Ambivalent 'Première Dame' of Women's Literature; Chapter 6. Louise Otto-Peters: Women's Politics and Solidarity as a Matter of Course; Chapter 7. Hedwig Dohm: 'Bin ich ein Mensch -- Nichts als ein Mensch'; Conclusion; Bibliography.
Abstract:
This book analyses the depiction and function of politically active women in novels by six female authors from the margins of the democratic revolution of 1848 and the first German women''s movement: Louise Aston, Malwida von Meysenbug, Mathilde Franziska Anneke, Fanny Lewald, Louise Otto-Peters, and Hedwig Dohm. What was their political stance in relation to democratic developments and women''s rights? How did they render their political convictions into literary form? Which literary images did they use, criticise, or invent in order to depict politically active women in their novels in a pos.
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