Walking the Tightrope: A Feminist Reading of Therese Huber's Stories - Rilegato

Gokhale, Vibha Bakshi

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ISBN 10: 1571130160 ISBN 13: 9781571130167

Casa editrice: Camden House, 1996

Riassunto

The German writer Therese Huber (1764-1829) lived at a time when women's activity outside the home was widely condemned, but the need to support themselves and their families forced many female writers to turn towards writing as a means of earning their livelihood. Her prolific career, encompassing novels, short prose narratives and translations from French into German, besides the editing of a newspaper, demonstrates her ability to express herself while conforming to the male literary establishment.
This study examines Huber's short prose narratives, showing the influence of various factors on women's writing, and the ways in which female writers incorporated dissent from the conventions into their works without jeopardising their professional and personal lives. Huber's works are both moralising, persuading her readers to become good housewives and mothers, and dissenting, constructing characters who refuse to abide by the norms. The author's feminist analysis of her narratives brings out their subtext of protest, showing how Huber negotiates for women's rights to self-expression.

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"This study is well-written and should interest feminists and scholars of the period." CHOICE 'Gokhale effectively argues that beneath the overt conformity of Huber's texts to the social norm lies a form of subtextual protest...' WOMEN IN GERMAN

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Book by Gokhale Vibha Bakshi

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• Editore: Camden House
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1571130160
• ISBN 13: 9781571130167
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 119