LEADER 03719nam 22007694a 450 001 9910812126203321 005 20230828234208.0 010 $a1-281-36074-0 010 $a9786611360740 010 $a0-230-60073-5 024 7 $a10.1057/9780230600737 035 $a(CKB)1000000000342549 035 $a(EBL)308026 035 $a(OCoLC)314895429 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001659954 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16442486 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001659954 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14985981 035 $a(PQKB)10486873 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000219772 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11187128 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000219772 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10229478 035 $a(PQKB)11690272 035 $a(DE-He213)978-0-230-60073-7 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL308026 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10158086 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL136074 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC308026 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000342549 100 $a20051110d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPerformance and femininity in eighteenth-century German women's writing $ethe impossible act /$fWendy Arons 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cPalgrave Macmillan$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (281 p.) 225 1 $aPalgrave studies in theatre and performance history 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-349-53452-8 311 $a1-4039-7329-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [239]-261) and index. 327 $aCover; 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 Bu?rger'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 330 $aIn this book, Wendy Arons examines how women writers used theater and performance to investigate the problem of female subjectivity and to intervene in the dominant discourse about ideal femininity. Arons shows how contemporary demands for sincerity and authenticity placed a peculiar burden on women in the public sphere, especially on actresses, who - like professional writers - overstepped the boundaries of what was considered proper behavior for women.  Paradoxically, in their representations of ideal women engaged in performance, these writers expose ideal femininity as an impossible act, even as they attempt to perform it in their writing and in their lives. 410 0$aPalgrave studies in theatre and performance history. 606 $aWomen authors, German$y18th century 606 $aGerman literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aGerman literature$y18th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aPerformance in literature 606 $aFemininity in literature 615 0$aWomen authors, German 615 0$aGerman literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aGerman literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aPerformance in literature. 615 0$aFemininity in literature. 676 $a830.9/928709033 700 $aArons$b Wendy$f1964-$01701892 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812126203321 996 $aPerformance and femininity in eighteenth-century German women's writing$94085964 997 $aUNINA