Interiority in German Women's Writing

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Beskrivning

Interiority in German Women's Writing for the first time systematically gathers and engages with contributions of German women authors to the discourse on interiority (Innerlichkeit) from 1750 to 1850. This volume shifts the recent focus on abstract theoretical and medical discourses on inwardness to the origins of interiority in literature and philosophy as written and experienced by women from the Age of Sensibility (Empfindsamkeit) to the Romantic era. At the same time, it makes a claim for and explores the ramifications of understanding interiority as a feminine discourse. Contributors investigate the works of women authors who searched to find rescue from their cultural and personal entrapment via creative spaces and various modes of interiority in theatrical performances, poetic writings, letters, biographical narratives, prose, and fairy tales. From the case studies and literary analyses in the volume, interiority emerges as a spectrum of approaches to defining, resisting, and transforming the innermost self.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-07-14
Mått:156 x 235 x undefined mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:EARLY MODERN FEMINISMS
Antal sidor:250
Förlag:University of Delaware Press
ISBN:9781644534267

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Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur
Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

Beate Allert is a professor of German and comparative literature at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.Amy Emm is an associate professor and director of the German program at The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina.

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionBEATE ALLERT AND AMY EMMPart I. Liminality1. Karoline von Günderrode's Theatrical Interiority AMY EMM2. Interiority, Place, and Female Creativity: Philippine Gatterer Engelhard and Sophie Albrecht LIESL ALLINGHAM3. Philomela's Song: The Poetics of Intersubjective Interiority in Selected Works by Caroline Rudolphi and Juliane Reichardt, née Benda FRANCIEN MARKXPart II. Entrapment and Escape4. A Shield and a Grave: The Duality of Gothic Interiority in Caroline de la Motte Fouqué's "Das Fräulein vom Thurme" SARA LULY5. Interiority as Impossible Refuge in Sophie Tieck's Tale "Der Einsiedler und die Nonne" (The Hermit and the Nun) CHRISTINA M. WEILER6. Interiority and Apotheosis in Three Poetic Idylls MARGARETMARY DALEYPart III. Private and Shared Communications7. Interiority as Goal or Impossibility in Sophie von La Roche's Rosaliens Briefe an ihre Freundinn Mariane von St** and Friederike Helene Unger's Julchen Grünthal MONIKA NENON8. Writing a Life: Caroline Flachsland Herder BJÖRN HAMBSCHPart IV. Interiority and Expression Through Materials9. "O, wie herrlich war meine Blütezeit": The Vocal Paper of Helmina von Chézy CATRIONA MACLEOD10. Annette von Droste-Hülshoff's Poem "The Marl-pit": From Rocks to Wool and Sea Silk BEATE ALLERTNotes on Contributors Index