Marianne Ehrmann
Subtitle: reason and emotion in her life and works
By: Helga Stipa Madland.
Series: Women in German literature,; vol. 1
Publisher: P. Lang
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
Subjects: Ehrmann, Marianne, 1755-1795.; Women and literature -- Germany -- History -- 18th century.; Women authors, German -- 18th century -- Biography.; Emotions in literature.; Reason in literature.
Description: The Swiss born writer Marianne Ehrmann, who lived and worked in Vienna, Strasbourg, and Stuttgart, initially pursued an acting career. Later, as a fiction writer, Ehrmann made educating women her primary goal. In this biography, Professor Madland follows this fascinating woman's life story, emphasizing her unique situation as editor of two women's journals.

Ehrmann's opinionated wit and experience in the public sphere as an eighteenth-century working woman gave her a distinctive voice to enliven contemporary gender debates. She argues that reason and emotion should not exist in separate spheres, and that men and women should share both so that they may become better persons.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-333) and index.