LEADER 03890nam 22009015 450 001 9910961618303321 005 20240801033718.0 010 $a9786611360740 010 $a9781281360748 010 $a1281360740 010 $a9780230600737 010 $a0230600735 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(Perlego)3507350 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000342549 100 $a20151208d2006 u| 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 $eThe Impossible Act /$fby W. Arons 205 $a1st ed. 2006. 210 1$aNew York :$cPalgrave Macmillan US :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2006. 215 $a1 online resource (281 p.) 225 1 $aPalgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History,$x2947-5775 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781349534524 311 08$a1349534528 311 08$a9781403973290 311 08$a1403973296 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,$x2947-5775 606 $aEducation 606 $aLiterature 606 $aTheater$xHistory 606 $aEuropean literature 606 $aEducation 606 $aLiterature 606 $aTheatre History 606 $aEuropean Literature 615 0$aEducation. 615 0$aLiterature. 615 0$aTheater$xHistory. 615 0$aEuropean literature. 615 14$aEducation. 615 24$aLiterature. 615 24$aTheatre History. 615 24$aEuropean Literature. 676 $a830.9/928709033 700 $aArons$b Wendy$f1964-$01793716 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910961618303321 996 $aPerformance and Femininity in Eighteenth-Century German Women's Writing$94333672 997 $aUNINA