Virtuous Victim or Sexual Predator?

Abigail Dunn

ISBN 10: 3034307764 / ISBN 13: 9783034307765

Editore: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Jul 2013, 2013

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Neuware -¿Was ist eine Witwe mehr als ¿ ein aufgewärmtes Essen ¿According to politician and statesman Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel (1741-1796), widows were superfluous beings and second-hand goods, but they were also perceived by theologians and moralists of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as a threat due to their sexual experience and supposedly ungovernable lust.This book analyses the overwhelmingly negative portrayal of the widow in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century German fiction. Male writers in the works discussed repeat the theory that, once deprived of their husbands, widows become sexually voracious. Indeed, the widow is often presented as a dangerous sexual predator who is prone to violence. Female authors, however, highlight the invisibility of the widow and portray her as a figure alienated from society and her family because she has internalized the ideas propounded by Hippel. The widow is depicted throughout as a figure to be at best re-educated and at worst to be feared and guarded against.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 258 pp. Englisch.

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• Titolo: Virtuous Victim or Sexual Predator?
• Editore: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Jul 2013
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3034307764
• ISBN 13: 9783034307765
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 225 L x 150 A x 15 P (millimetri) 225 millimetri di larghezza per 150 millimetri di altezza per 15 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 368 grammi

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‘Was ist eine Witwe mehr als … ein aufgewärmtes Essen?’
According to politician and statesman Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel (1741-1796), widows were superfluous beings and second-hand goods, but they were also perceived by theologians and moralists of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as a threat due to their sexual experience and supposedly ungovernable lust.
This book analyses the overwhelmingly negative portrayal of the widow in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century German fiction. Male writers in the works discussed repeat the theory that, once deprived of their husbands, widows become sexually voracious. Indeed, the widow is often presented as a dangerous sexual predator who is prone to violence. Female authors, however, highlight the invisibility of the widow and portray her as a figure alienated from society and her family because she has internalized the ideas propounded by Hippel. The widow is depicted throughout as a figure to be at best re-educated and at worst to be feared and guarded against.

Informazioni sull?autore

Abigail Dunn currently teaches English Language at the University of Bonn. She obtained a D.Phil in German from the University of Oxford in 2009.