GERMAN REDISCOVERY OF LIFE WRITING: INTRODUCTION TO ESSAYS ON GERMAN-SPEAKING WOMEN AS RULERS, CONSORTS, AND ROYAL MISTRESSES IN THE LONG EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

RUTH Dawson; WALTRAUD Maierhofer

doi:10.1353/bio.2004.0055

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GERMAN REDISCOVERY OF LIFE WRITING: INTRODUCTION TO ESSAYS ON GERMAN-SPEAKING WOMEN AS RULERS, CONSORTS, AND ROYAL MISTRESSES IN THE LONG EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

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GERMAN REDISCOVERY OF LIFE WRITING: INTRODUCTION TO ESSAYS ON GERMAN-SPEAKING WOMEN AS RULERS, CONSORTS, AND ROYAL MISTRESSES IN THE LONG EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

RUTH Dawson and WALTRAUD Maierhofer

Biography (Honolulu), Vol.27(3), pp.483-494

06/22/2004

DOI: 10.1353/bio.2004.0055

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Abstract

This introduction to the analysis of the construction of aristocratic life writing by and about German women during the long eighteenth century explores the ongoing reevaluation of autobiography and biography by historians, Germanists, and other scholars in the humanities and social scientists.

Autobiographies

Biography

Early Modern literature

Eighteenth century literature

German literature

Literary genres

Literary history

Memoirs

Naming conventions

Twentieth century literature

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Title: Subtitle: GERMAN REDISCOVERY OF LIFE WRITING: INTRODUCTION TO ESSAYS ON GERMAN-SPEAKING WOMEN AS RULERS, CONSORTS, AND ROYAL MISTRESSES IN THE LONG EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
Creators: RUTH Dawson
WALTRAUD Maierhofer
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Biography (Honolulu), Vol.27(3), pp.483-494
Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press for the Biographical Research Center
DOI: 10.1353/bio.2004.0055
ISSN: 0162-4962
eISSN: 1529-1456
Language: English
Date published: 06/22/2004
Academic Unit: International Programs; German; Interdisciplinary Programs
Record Identifier: 9984397914202771

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