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Author:

Hilger, Stephanie M. (Stephanie Mathilde), author.

Title:

Gender and genre : German women write the French Revolution / Stephanie M. Hilger.

Publisher:

University of Delaware Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xi, 183 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

German literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
France--Literature and the revolution.--Revolution, 1789-1799--Literature and the revolution.
Frauenroman.
Deutsch.
Französische Revolution.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-175) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Women writers, warriors, and travelers: the French Revolution in German literature -- Domestic fiction, bourgeois tragedy, and gothic endings: Therese Huber's Die Familie Seldorf (1795-1796) -- Historical fiction: Caroline de la Motte Fouqué's das Heldenmädchen aus der Vendée (1816) -- Staging historical tragedy: Christine Westphalen's Charlotte Corday (1804) -- Autobiographical petition: the Lebensbeschreibung (1821) of Regula Engel, the 'Swiss Amazon' -- Robinsonade as encyclopedia: Sophie von la Roche's Erscheinungen am see oneida (1798) -- Bildungsroman of America: Henriette Frölich's Virginia oder die kolonie von Kentucky (1820) -- Conclusion: Fictions of history.

ISBN:

1611495296 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781611495294 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)884480439

LCCN:

2014031904

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)