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Performance and femininity in eighteenth-century German women's writing : the impossible act / / Wendy Arons



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Autore: Arons Wendy <1964-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Performance and femininity in eighteenth-century German women's writing : the impossible act / / Wendy Arons Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
Disciplina: 830.9/928709033
Soggetto topico: Women authors, German - 18th century
German literature - Women authors - History and criticism
German literature - 18th century - History and criticism
Performance in literature
Femininity in literature
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-261) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Performance and femininity in eighteenth-century German women's writing  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-281-36074-0
9786611360740
0-230-60073-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910812126203321
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Serie: Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history.