Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. 1 Discourses of German Femininity in the Long Nineteenth Century 14
5. 2 Women’s Writing and German Femininity in Literary Histories: Georg Gottfried Gervinus, Rudolph Gottschall and August Vilmar 44
6. 3 The Making of Romantic and Post-Romantic Women Writers in German Literary History: Rahel Varnhagen, Bettina von Arnim and Annette von Droste-Hülshoff 62
7. 4 Emancipation as a National Concern: Fanny Lewald and Louise Aston in German Literary History 100
8. 5 Gender Dichotomy and Cultural Continuities in Portraits of Women 124
9. Conclusion 170
10. Bibliography 181