Humor And Irony In Nineteenth Century German Womens Writing

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Humor and Irony in Nineteenth-century German Women's Writing

Author : Helen Chambers
Publisher : Camden House
ISBN 13 : 9781571133045
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Humor and Irony in Nineteenth-century German Women's Writing written by Helen Chambers and published by Camden House. This book was released on 2007 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brings to light unsuspectedly rich sources of humor in the works of prominent nineteenth-century women writers. Nineteenth-century German literature is seldom seen as rich in humor and irony, and women's writing from that period is perhaps even less likely to be seen as possessing those qualities. Yet since comedy is bound to societal norms, and humor and irony are recognized weapons of the weak against authority, what this innovative study reveals should not be surprising: women writers found much to laugh at in a bourgeois age when social constraints, particularlyon women, were tight. Helen Chambers analyzes prose fiction by leading female writers of the day who prominently employ humor and irony. Arguing that humor and irony involve cognitive and rational processes, she highlights the inadequacy of binary theories of gender that classify the female as emotional and the male as rational. Chambers focuses on nine women writers: Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, Ida Hahn-Hahn, Ottilie Wildermuth, Helene Böhlau, Marie vonEbner-Eschenbach, Ada Christen, Clara Viebig, Isolde Kurz, and Ricarda Huch. She uncovers a rich seam of unsuspected or forgotten variety, identifies fresh avenues of approach, and suggests a range of works that merit a place onuniversity reading lists and attention in scholarly studies. Helen Chambers is Professor of German at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK.

German Literature As a Transnational Field of Production, 1848-1919

Author : Lynne Tatlock
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1640141006
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book German Literature As a Transnational Field of Production, 1848-1919 written by Lynne Tatlock and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2023-06-13 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of new essays bringing into view the push and pull of the national and the international in the German-language cultural field of the period. The cultural formations of the so-called Age of Nationalism (1848-1919) have shaped German-language literary studies to the present day, for better or worse. Literary histories, German self-representations, the view from abroad - all of these perspectives offer images of a culture ever more concerned with formulating a coherent, nationally focused idea of its origins, history, and cultural community. But even in this historical moment the German-speaking territories were not culturally self-contained; international forces always played a significant role in the constitution of the so-called "German" literary and cultural field. This volume rethinks the historical period with fourteen case studies that bring into view the push and pull of the national and international in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, undertaking a reframing of literary-cultural history that recognizes the interrelatedness of literatures and cultures across political and linguistic boundaries. Viewing even overtly national literary and cultural projects as belonging to an international system, these case studies examine the interrelations, organization, and positioning of the agents, forces, enterprises, and processes that constituted the German-language literary-cultural field, locating these ostensibly national developments within an inter- or even anti-national context.

Landmarks in German Women's Writing

Author : Hilary Brown
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9783039103010
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Landmarks in German Women's Writing written by Hilary Brown and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2007 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on twelve women writers from the Middle Ages to the present day who have made a major contribution to German literature. The essays place the writers in the context of their period and examine how their position as women affected what they wrote and the reception of their texts.

The Politics of Humour

Author : Martina Kessel
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442695137
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Humour written by Martina Kessel and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2012-01-30 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The period between the First World War and the fall of the Berlin Wall is often characterized as the age of extremes—while this era witnessed unprecedented violence and loss of human life, it also saw a surge in humorous entertainment in both democratic and authoritarian societies. The Politics of Humour examines how works such as satirical magazines and comedy films were used both to reaffirm group identity and to exclude those who did not belong. The essays in this collection analyse the political and social context of comedy in Europe and the United States, exploring topics ranging from the shifting targets of ethnic jokes to the incorporation of humour into wartime broadcasting and the uses of satire as a means of resistance. Comedy continues to define the nature of group membership today, and The Politics of Humour offers an intriguing look at how entertainment helped everyday people make sense of the turmoil of the twentieth century.

German Women's Writing of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

Author : Helen Fronius
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351565621
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book German Women's Writing of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries written by Helen Fronius and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-23 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: German women writers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries have been the subject of feminist literary critical and historical studies for around thirty years. This volume, with contributions from an international group of scholars, takes stock of what feminist literary criticism has achieved in that time and reflects on future trends in the field. Offering both theoretical perspectives and individual case studies, the contributors grapple with the difficulties of appraising 'non-feminist' women writers and genres from a feminist perspective and present innovative approaches to research in early women's writing. This inclusive and cross- disciplinary collection of essays will enrich the study of German women's writing of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and contribute to contemporary debates in feminist literary criticism. Anna Richards is Lecturer in German at Birkbeck College, University of London. Helen Fronius is College Lecturer in German at Keble College, University of Oxford.

Studies in Modern German Literature

Author : Otto Heller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Studies in Modern German Literature written by Otto Heller and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Market Strategies and German Literature in the Long Nineteenth Century

Author : Vance Byrd
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110660148
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Market Strategies and German Literature in the Long Nineteenth Century written by Vance Byrd and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-01-20 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building upon recent German Studies research addressing the industrialization of printing, the expansion of publication venues, new publication formats, and readership, Market Strategies maps a networked literary field in which the production, promotion, and reception of literature from the Enlightenment to World War II emerges as a collaborative enterprise driven by the interests of actors and institutions. These essays demonstrate how a network of authors, editors, and publishers devised mutually beneficial and, at times, conflicting strategies for achieving success on the rapidly evolving nineteenth-century German literary market. In particular, the contributors consider how these actors shaped a nineteenth-century literary market, which included the Jewish press, highbrow and lowbrow genres, and modernist publications. They explore the tensions felt as markets expanded and restrictions were imposed, which yielded resilient new publication strategies, fostered criticism, and led to formal innovations. The volume thus serves as major contribution to interdisciplinary research in nineteenth-century German literary, media, and cultural studies.

Towards Emancipation

Author : Carol Diethe
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 9781571819321
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (193 download)

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Download or read book Towards Emancipation written by Carol Diethe and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on feminism in Germany, Towards Emancipation examines some of the most influential women writers of the nineteenth century, from the late-Romantic writers, such as Bettina von Arnim and Johanna Schopenhauer, to writers who were active in the 1848 Revolution, such as Malwida von Meysenbug and Johanna Kinkel. The heart of the book is devoted to the leading proponents of emancipation, Hedwig Dohm, Helene Bohlau and the prolific Louise Otto-Peters, yet it also includes mainstream writers whose attitudes towards the movement range from lukewarm (the enormously popular Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach and Gabriele Reuter) to downright hostile (Lou Andreas-Salome and Franziska zu Reventlow).

Respectability and Deviance

Author : Ruth-Ellen B. Joeres
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226400662
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Respectability and Deviance written by Ruth-Ellen B. Joeres and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first major study in English of 19th-century German women writers, this book examines their social and cultural milieu along with the layers of interpretation and representation that inform their writing. The author demonstrates that these writings provide an extensive and informative look at an exciting and transformative epoch that so much shaped our own. 16 photos.

The Text and Its Context

Author : Nigel Harris
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9783039109289
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book The Text and Its Context written by Nigel Harris and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2008 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Festschrift for Ronald Speirs, Professor of German at the University of Birmingham, contains twenty-four original essays by scholars from Great Britain, Germany, Austria, and Norway. Between them they encompass the entire modern period from the later eighteenth century onwards, and focus on a wide range of German-speaking environments. Several essays throw new light on authors to whom Professor Speirs himself has devoted particular attention (such as Brecht, Thomas Mann, Nietzsche, and Fontane), whilst others discuss writers such as Lenz, Büchner, Böhlau, C. F. Meyer, Keyserling, Jahnn, and Huch. Above all, however, the contributions address the complexities of writing in ideologically diverse contexts, including the Third Reich and the former German Democratic Republic. This interplay between text and context is the cornerstone which links all the essays, as it has consistently informed Ronald Speirs's own work - which combines a scrupulous attention to textual detail with an acute awareness of the socio-political milieux and philosophical influences that shape creative literature.

Monatshefte

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (54 download)

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Download or read book Monatshefte written by and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A journal devoted to the study of German language and literature.

Bitter Healing

Author : Jeannine Blackwell
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803299092
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Bitter Healing written by Jeannine Blackwell and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bitter Healing is the first anthology of eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century German women's writing in English translation. It goes far toward filling a major gap in literary history by recovering for a wide audience the works of women whoøwere as famous during their lifetime as Wieland, Schiller, and Goethe. Like those men, they wrote in the early modern period spanning the transition from early Enlightenment to Romanticism. Edited by Jeannine Blackwell and Susanne Zantop, this collection assembles little-known writings by fifteen authors from various social classes, religious backgrounds, and political persuasions. They include the forgotten pietist theologian Johanna Eleonore Petersen, the radical social reformer Bettina von Arnim, the outspoken peasant's daughter Anna Luisa Karsch, the aristocrats Annette von Droste-H_lshoff and Karoline von G_nderrode, and the conservative monarchist Sophie von La Roche, among others. Their autobriographies and letters, "moral" and not so moral tales, lyrical and protest poems, plays, and fairy tales deal with religious crisis, family conflict, and harmony, mothers and daughters, wise women, romance and pain and the healing power of love, self-understanding, escape, and the magical and humorous. The variety and quality of the pieces testify to the creativity of women writers during this first peak of literary activity in Germany, the so-called Age of Goethe. The editors have provided a short biography and bibliography for each writer.

Women, Emancipation and the German Novel 1871-1910

Author : Charlotte Woodford
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351191292
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book Women, Emancipation and the German Novel 1871-1910 written by Charlotte Woodford and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-12-02 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In novels written at the end of the long nineteenth century, women in Germany and Austria engaged with some of the most pressing social questions of the modern age. Charlotte Woodford analyses a wide range of such works, many of them largely forgotten, in the context of the contemporary cultural discourses that informed their creation, such as writings on pacifism and socialism, prostitution, birth control and sexually transmitted diseases. Women's experience of contemporary medicine as patients and doctors is a fascinating theme, treated here by several authors. Through a close reading of works by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Minna Kautsky, Gabriele Reuter, Helene Bohlau, Ilse Frapan, Hedwig Dohm, Lou Andreas-Salome, and others, this study shows how writers' determination to validate women's experience of the problems of modernity informed the aesthetic development of the novel by women."

Women in German Yearbook

Author : Women in German Yearbook
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803297548
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (975 download)

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Download or read book Women in German Yearbook written by Women in German Yearbook and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1993-06-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The only German literature journal that presents a coherently feminist perspective and that serves as a forum for feminist voices."_Susanne Zantop, Dartmouth College

German Women in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

Author : Ruth-Ellen B. Joeres
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book German Women in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries written by Ruth-Ellen B. Joeres and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Gender, Canon and Literary History

Author : Ruth Whittle
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110259230
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Gender, Canon and Literary History written by Ruth Whittle and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-08-28 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has been shown that the total number of women who published in German in the 18th and 19th centuries was approximately 3,500, but even by 1918 only a few of them were known. The reason for this lies in the selection processes to which the authors have been subjected, and it is this selection process that is the focus ofthe research here presented. The selection criteria have not simply been gender-based but have had much to do with the urgent quest for establishing a German Nation State in 1848 and beyond. Prutz, Gottschall, Kreyßig and others found it necessary to use literary historiography, which had been established by 1835, in order to construct an ideal of ‘Germanness’ at a time when a political unity remained absent, and they wove women writers into this plot. After unification in 1872, this kind of weaving seemed to have become less pressing, and other discourses came to the fore, especially those revolving round femininity vs. masculinity, and races. The study of the processes at work here will enhance current debates about the literary canon by tracing its evolution and identifying the factors which came to determine the visibility or obscurity of particular authors and texts. The focus will be on a number of case studies, but, instead of isolating questions of gender, Gender, Canon and Literary History will discuss the broader cultural context.

German Women in the Nineteenth Century

Author : John C. Fout
Publisher : Holmes & Meier Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book German Women in the Nineteenth Century written by John C. Fout and published by Holmes & Meier Publishers. This book was released on 1984 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is divided into two parts. The first focuses on middle and upper class German women and the second on working class women. The book addresses a range of important topics including growing up female in 19th century Germany, the impact of agrarian change on women's work and child care, female political opposition in pre-1849 Germany, women's role in working class families in the 1890s, women's education and reading habits, and Jewish women and assimilation.