Title: Adelheit von Rastenberg
First published: 1996
Description: Purporting to chronicle historical events, Eleonore Thon's play reveals more about the changing roles of women at the dawn of the Industrial Age than it does about knightly conduct in the German Middle Ages. Published in 1788 and translated here for the first time in English, Adelheit von Rastenberg will be of interest to students of German literature, comparative literature, women's studies, and theater.
Subjects: Plays / Drama, German Drama, Drama, Performing Arts/Dance, Continental European, German drama, Continental european drama (dramatic works by one author), Germany, biography