Artikel
In search of literary mothers across the Rhine : the influence of Genlis and Staël on the writing of Helmina von Chézy
Verfasst von:
Baumgartner, Karin
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in:
Women's writing
Wallingford:
2011
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50 - 67 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Ariadne | Wien |
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| Verfasst von: | Baumgartner, Karin info |
| In: | Women's writing |
| Jahr: | 2011 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| This essay addresses the cultural influence of French authors Stphanie-Flicit de Genlis and Germaine de Staël on German women writers, in particular Helmina von Chzy. As the Paris-based editor of the journal Franzsische Miscellen (French Miscellanea), Chzy regularly wrote about the latest French literature by women and promoted not only the literature of Genlis, Staël, Sophie Cottin, and George Sand, but also these authors' understanding of themselves as professional artists, as voices of the public sphere, and as women engaged in the capitalist book market. Although Chzy was a prolific writer and lyricist, she never achieved the fame or influence of the French writers. The essay evaluates the strategies Chzy used to style herself after the French writers, considers reasons for Chzy's failure, and argues that German nationalism and the resurgence of political conservatism after the Napoleonic Wars purged the German literary public sphere of the political voices of women. | |
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