03719nam 22007694a 450 991081212620332120230828234208.01-281-36074-097866113607400-230-60073-510.1057/9780230600737(CKB)1000000000342549(EBL)308026(OCoLC)314895429(SSID)ssj0001659954(PQKBManifestationID)16442486(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001659954(PQKBWorkID)14985981(PQKB)10486873(SSID)ssj0000219772(PQKBManifestationID)11187128(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000219772(PQKBWorkID)10229478(PQKB)11690272(DE-He213)978-0-230-60073-7(Au-PeEL)EBL308026(CaPaEBR)ebr10158086(CaONFJC)MIL136074(MiAaPQ)EBC308026(EXLCZ)99100000000034254920051110d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPerformance and femininity in eighteenth-century German women's writing the impossible act /Wendy Arons1st ed.New York Palgrave Macmillan20061 online resource (281 p.)Palgrave studies in theatre and performance historyDescription based upon print version of record.1-349-53452-8 1-4039-7329-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-261) and index.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; IndexIn 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 actresses, who - like professional writers - overstepped the boundaries of what was considered proper behavior for women.  Paradoxically, in their representations of ideal women engaged in performance, these writers expose ideal femininity as an impossible act, even as they attempt to perform it in their writing and in their lives.Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history.Women authors, German18th centuryGerman literatureWomen authorsHistory and criticismGerman literature18th centuryHistory and criticismPerformance in literatureFemininity in literatureWomen authors, GermanGerman literatureWomen authorsHistory and criticism.German literatureHistory and criticism.Performance in literature.Femininity in literature.830.9/928709033Arons Wendy1964-1701892MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812126203321Performance and femininity in eighteenth-century German women's writing4085964UNINA