Writing the Self, Creating Community by Elisabeth Krimmer, La... - 9781640140783

Writing the Self, Creating CommunityGerman Women Authors and the Literary Sphere, 1750-1850\nAuthor(s): Elisabeth Krimmer, Lauren Nossett\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd, United States\nImprint: Camden House Inc\nISBN-13: 9781640140783, 978-1640140783\nSynopsis\nThis volume examines the world of German women writers who emerged in the burgeoning literary marketplace of eighteenth-century Europe.\n\nBeginning in the 1770s, the German literary market experienced unprecedented growth. The enormous demand for reading materials that stimulated this burgeoning market created new opportunities for women writers. At the same time, they still faced numerous obstacles. The new opportunities and limitations imposed on women writers are the subject of this book. The eleven essays contained within look beyond the negative strategies women writers employed, such as hiding their intellectual accomplishments or legitimizing their works by subordinating them to non-artistic pur.