description: In this broad-ranging study, Richards examines the representation of women's illness in German fiction by women 1770-1914. In the context of medical history, she focuses particularly on female self-starvation and wasting diseases, illustrating how the "wasting heroine" both reinforced and challenged popular notions of female fragility.
language: English
title: The Wasting Heroine in German Fiction by Women 1770-1914
titlecomplete: The Wasting Heroine in German Fiction by Women 1770-1914 (Oxford Modern Languages and Literature Monographs)
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Oxford University Press