The wasting heroine in German fiction by women 1770-1914

In this broad-ranging study of German fiction by women between 1770-1914, the author aims to add a new dimension to existing debates on the association of women and illness in literature. She constructs a history of women's self-starvation, eating behaviour and wasting diseases.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Richards, Anna
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Series:Oxford modern languages and literature monographs.
Subjects:
German fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
German fiction > 18th century > History and criticism.
German fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Women in literature.
Diseases in literature.
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University of Calicut

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