Shedding new light on the alternative, emancipatory Germany discovered and written about by progressive women writers during the long nineteenth century, this illuminating study uncovers a country that offered a degree of freedom and intellectual agency unheard of in England. Opening with the striking account of Anna Jameson and her friendship with Ottilie von Goethe, Linda K. Hughes shows how cultural differences spurred ten writers' advocacy of progressive ideas and provided fresh materials for publishing careers. Alongside well-known writers - Elizabeth Gaskell, George Eliot, Michael Field, Elizabeth von Arnim, and Vernon Lee - this study sheds light on the lesser-known writers Mary and Anna Mary Howitt, Jessie Fothergill, and the important Anglo-Jewish lesbian writer Amy Levy. Armed with their knowledge of the German language, each of these women championed an extraordinarily productive openness to cultural exchange and, by approaching Germany through a female lens, imported an alternative, 'other' Germany into English letters.
| ISBN: | 9781009069328 |
| Publication date: | 27th March 2025 |
| Author: | Linda K Hughes |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 304 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary studies: poetry and poets Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers |
Shedding new light on the alternative, emancipatory Germany discovered and written about by progressive women writers during the long nineteenth century, this illuminating study uncovers a country that offered a degree of freedom and intellectual agency unheard of in England. Opening with the striking account of Anna Jameson and her friendship with Ottilie von Goethe, Linda K. Hughes shows how cultural differences spurred ten writers' advocacy of progressive ideas and provided fresh materials for publishing careers. Alongside well-known writers - Elizabeth Gaskell, George Eliot, Michael Field, Elizabeth von Arnim, and Vernon Lee - this study sheds light on the lesser-known writers Mary and Anna Mary Howitt, Jessie Fothergill, and the important Anglo-Jewish lesbian writer Amy Levy. Armed with their knowledge of the German language, each of these women championed an extraordinarily productive openness to cultural exchange and, by approaching Germany through a female lens, imported an alternative, 'other' Germany into English letters.
Victorian Women Writers and the Other Germany features in the following genres: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers
Victorian Women Writers and the Other Germany is available in Paperback, Hardback
Victorian Women Writers and the Other Germany was written by Linda K Hughes and published by Cambridge University Press
Victorian Women Writers and the Other Germany has 304 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture series
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