Gender and genre : German women write the French Revolution /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hilger, Stephanie M. (Stephanie Mathilde) (Author)
Corporate Author:	Ebooks Corporation
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Newark : University of Delaware Press, 2014.
Subjects:	German literature > Women authors > History and criticism. France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799 > Literature and the revolution. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Women writers, warriors, and travelers: the French Revolution in German literature
Domestic fiction, bourgeois tragedy, and gothic endings: Therese Huber's Die Familie Seldorf (1795-96)
Historical fiction: Caroline de la Motte Fouqué's das Heldenmädchen aus der Vendée
Staging historical tragedy: Christine Westphalen's Charlotte Corday
Autobiographical petition: the Lebensbeschreibung (1821) of Regula Engel, the 'Swiss Amazon'
Robinsonade as encyclopedia: Sophie von la Roche's Erscheinungen am see oneida
Bildungsroman of America: Henriette Frölich's Virginia oder die kolonie von Kentucky
Conclusion: Fictions of history.