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OverviewShedding new light on the alternative, emancipatory Germany discovered and written about by progressive women writers during the long nineteenth century, this illuminating study uncovers a country that offered a degree of freedom and intellectual agency unheard of in England. Opening with the striking account of Anna Jameson and her friendship with Ottilie von Goethe, Linda K. Hughes shows how cultural differences spurred ten writers' advocacy of progressive ideas and provided fresh materials for publishing careers. Alongside well-known writers – Elizabeth Gaskell, George Eliot, Michael Field, Elizabeth von Arnim, and Vernon Lee – this study sheds light on the lesser-known writers Mary and Anna Mary Howitt, Jessie Fothergill, and the important Anglo-Jewish lesbian writer Amy Levy. Armed with their knowledge of the German language, each of these women championed an extraordinarily productive openness to cultural exchange and, by approaching Germany through a female lens, imported an alternative, 'other' Germany into English letters. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Linda Hughes (Texas Christian University)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.70cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.580kg ISBN: 9781316512845ISBN 10: 1316512843 Pages: 285 Publication Date: 09 June 2022 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. Entrée to the 'other' Germany: Anna Jameson, Ottilie von Goethe, and their women's network; 2. Germany through a female lens: Anna Jameson's writings, 1834-1860; 3. Networked families in Germany: Mary Howitt, Anna Mary Howitt, and Elizabeth Gaskell; 4. An unbeliever in Germany: Marian Evans (George Eliot), 1854-5; 5. The Anglo-German fiction of George Eliot and Jessie Fothergill: Daniel Deronda (1876) and The First Violin (1878); 6. New woman travellers and translators: Michael Field and Amy Levy; 7. An Anglo-German expatriate-citizen: Elizabeth von Arnim; 8 Queer borders: Vernon Lee's haunted expatriate writings.Reviews'... an impressive work, scholarly and readable, a collective intellectual and artistic biography that weaves together its ten subjects in illuminating and revelatory ways. Scholars of these authors should certainly consult Hughes's work, and students of the global nineteenth century will want to consider her account of how these Victorian women's German experiences shaped their sense of themselves as citizens of the world.' Anne DeWitt, Nineteenth-Century Gender Studies '... detailed, nuanced and extremely readable.' Flore Janssen, Victorian Popular Fictions '... well written and researched, Linda Hughes's book consists of a set of essays connected by the surprisingly rich and diverse group of nineteenth-century women writers and travellers who interacted with Germany and its literature and culture ... Some of the best insights in Hughes's book come in the passages on Anna Jameson, who deserves the detailed attention shereceives here as a pioneer of lone womanhood travelling, discussing and writing about Germany, particularly its art.' Rosemary Ashton, The Times Literary Supplement 'well written asnd researched' Rosemary Ashton, Times Literary Supplement Author InformationLinda K. Hughes is Addie Levy Professor of Literature at Texas Christian University. She edited The Cambridge Companion to Victorian Women's Poetry (Cambridge University Press, 2019) and has published extensively on long nineteenth century literature, culture, and women's and gender studies. Her earlier books include The Cambridge Introduction to Victorian Poetry (Cambridge University Press, 2010) and Graham R.: Rosamund Marriott Watson, Woman of Letters (2005), which received the Colby Prize. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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