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The Wasting Heroine in German Fiction by Women 1770-1914 (Hardcover, New)
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The Wasting Heroine in German Fiction by Women 1770-1914 (Hardcover, New)
Series: Oxford Modern Languages and Literature Monographs
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In this broad-ranging study of German fiction by women 1770-1914,
Anna Richards adds a new dimension to existing debates on the
association of women and illness in literature. Drawing on a number
of primary medical sources, she constructs a history of women's
self-starvation, eating behaviour, and wasting diseases in
particular, and examines the portrayal of the 'wasting heroine' in
works by female and selected male authors in this context. It
becomes clear that though the wasting heroine sometimes reinforces
popular notions of female fragility, in certain works she
represents a rejection of a traditionally female role or allows her
author to make a socially critical point about women's status in
society. As well as shedding light on many unduly neglected women
writers, Richards offers a valuable insight into the literary and
historical origins of a modern phenomenon.
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