Recasting Historical Women: Female Identity in German Biographical Fiction

by Stephanie Bird

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This book presents critical readings of eight contemporary German novels which feature historically documented women as their main protagonist, and which reconstruct women's lives by combining source material and invention. Protagonists include Cornelia Goethe, Caroline Schlegel-Schelling, Karoline von Guenderrode and Charlotte Corday. Through a thorough examination of these novels, the wider complexities of female identity, feminism, literary technique...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1859739628

ISBN13:9781859739624

Release Date:April 1998

Publisher:Berg Publishers

Length:224 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.4"

Related Subjects

Criticism & Theory European History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literary Theory Literature Literature & Fiction Movements & Periods Women Writers

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