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Autore |
Arons Wendy <1964-> |
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Titolo |
Performance and Femininity in Eighteenth-Century German Women's Writing : The Impossible Act / / by W. Arons |
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New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2006 |
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ISBN |
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9786611360740 |
9781281360748 |
1281360740 |
9780230600737 |
0230600735 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2006.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (281 p.) |
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Collana |
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Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History, , 2947-5775 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Education |
Literature |
Theater - History |
European literature |
Theatre History |
European Literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-261) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 "Sophie" and the "Theater"; 2 Performance as Power: The History of Lady von Sternheim; 3 The Performance of a Lifetime: Karoline Schulze-Kummerfeld; 4 Antitheatricality and the Public Woman: Marianne Ehrmann's Amalie: A True Story in Letters; 5 The Eye of the Beholder: Elise Bürger's "Aglaja" and F. H. Unger's Melanie, the Foundling; 6 Play's the Thing: Sophie Mereau's "Marie" and "Flight to the City"; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this book, Wendy Arons examines how women writers used theater and performance to investigate the problem of female subjectivity and to intervene in the dominant discourse about ideal femininity. Arons shows how contemporary demands for sincerity and authenticity placed a peculiar burden on women in the public sphere, especially on |
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