Women's fictional responses to the First World War
Subtitle: a comparative study of selected texts by French and German writers
By: Catherine O'Brien.
Series: Studies in modern German literature ;; vol. 82
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
Subjects: German fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; German fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism; French fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; French fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism; Literature, Comparative -- German and French; Literature, Comparative -- French and German; World War, 1914-1918 -- France -- Literature and the war; World War, 1914-1918 -- Germany -- Literature and the war; Women and literature -- Germany -- History -- 20th century; Women and literature -- France -- History -- 20th century; Feminism and literature
Description: Surveys of the First World War fiction of France and Germany have created a literary canon, which supports the theory that war is an intrinsically male ordeal. This study redresses that traditional androcentric bias by investigating the work of French and German women writers of 1914 through 1918.

In comparing and contrasting issues of war and gender, this analysis leads to a greater understanding of women's ideological responses to the conflict, complements the visions of war found in the work of male authors, and extends the boundaries of received notions of the literary heritage of the First World War.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-200) and index.