Women of Letters
A Study of Self and Genre in the Personal Correspondence of Caroline Schlegel-Schelling, Rahel Levin Varnhagen, and Bettina von Arnim
Published on 10. January 1999
Book
Hardback
184 pages
978-1-57113-132-4 (ISBN)
Description
Nineteenth-century German women authors explore and extend the genre of books-written-as-letters.
A study of the personal correspondence of leading female writers of the early nineteenth century as viewed from a feminist perspective.
A study of the personal correspondence of leading female writers of the early nineteenth century as viewed from a feminist perspective.
Reviews / Votes
Daley has succeeded in tracing the appeal of correspondence as a method of self-expression to the artists' aspirations and convictions. * GERMANIC NOTES & REVIEWS * A useful introduction to the life and works of these three fascinating but complex writers. * COLLOQUIA GERMANICA * Daley has succeeded in illustrating textually that the inner lives of the women under review possessed their own dynamic, often quite distinct from what was happening in the public sphere of their marriages, friendships and social lives. * MODERN LANGUAGE REVIEW *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Columbia, MD
United States
Publishing group
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 579 mm
Width: 386 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-57113-132-4 (9781571131324)
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