Title: Towards emancipation
First published: 1998
Description: Focusing on feminism in Germany, Towards Emancipation examines some of the most influential women writers of the nineteenth century, from the late-Romantic writers, such as Bettina von Arnim and Johanna Schopenhauer, to writers who were active in the 1848 Revolution, such as Malwida von Meysenbug and Johanna Kinkel.

The heart of the book is devoted to the leading proponents of emancipation, Hedwig Dohm, Helene Bohlau and the prolific Louise Otto-Peters, yet it also includes mainstream writers whose attitudes towards the movement range from lukewarm (the enormously popular Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach and Gabriele Reuter) to downright hostile (Lou Andreas-Salome and Franziska zu Reventlow).
Subjects: Biography, Feminism and literature, German Women authors, German literature, History, History and criticism, Social conditions, Women, Women and literature, Women authors, Women authors, German, Vrouwelijke auteurs, Schriftstellerin, Conditions sociales, Femmes écrivains allemandes, Écrivaines allemandes, Femmes, Duits, BMBF-Statusseminar gnd, Écrits de femmes allemands, Femmes écrivains, Histoire et critique, Biographies, Féminisme et littérature, Littérature allemande, German literature, women authors, German literature, history and criticism, 19th century
Places: Germany
Time periods: 19th century
LC classification: PT345 .D54 1998