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The German Revolution of 1848-49 offered a significant literary
opportunity for all those interested in politics in general and the
progress of women in society in particular. This book explores the
work of a number of women who took up the challenge of breaking
into the decidedly male preserve of political writing in this
period. The focus is on women with very different concerns: Malwida
von Meysenbug, the aristocrat who supported the democratic cause,
the assimilated Jew Fanny Lewald; the housewife, musician, composer
and teacher Johanna Kinkel; and the radical feminist Louise Aston.
The work examines the strategies these women employed to negotiate
potentially explosive issues such as the politics of the day,
class, religion and gender, as well as the waytraditional images
like the father-child relationship are exploited to express new
thoughts. Using a combination of close textual reading and
thematically based analysis the book illuminates the authors'
individual works and explores underlying issues that are common to
all.
This book considers how and why German authors have used the child's viewpoint to present the Third Reich. Given the popularity of this device, this study asks whether it is an evasive strategy, a means of gaining new insights into the era, or a means of discovering a new language. This raises issues central to the post-war German aesthetic.
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