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Marriage, Gender, and Desire in Early Enlightenment German Comedy

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210 Seiten
Englisch
Boydell & Brewererschienen am15.03.2012
Reveals eighteenth-century German comedies' inherent resistance -- through their depiction of alternative gender roles and sexual behavior -- to the emerging discourse of the sentimental marriage.mehr
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Produkt

KlappentextReveals eighteenth-century German comedies' inherent resistance -- through their depiction of alternative gender roles and sexual behavior -- to the emerging discourse of the sentimental marriage.

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: Comedy, the Sentimental Marriage, and Modes of ResistancePromoting the Sentimental Marriage in Theory and in PracticeThe Virgin Huntress Tamed: J. C. Gottsched's Atalanta and the Erasure of Female AutonomyMarriage Brokering at the Expense of Economics: C. F. Gellert's Die zärtlichen SchwesternThe Clothes Make the Man: J. E. Schlegel's Der Triumphder guten FrauenCross-Dressing and Gender Performance in G. E. Lessing'sDer MisogyneSickness Masks Desire in Th. J. Quistorp's Der HypochondristConclusionWorks CitedIndexmehr
Kritik
(A)ppealing close readings of five comedies dating from the 1740s ... Reading the texts against the grain, Potter argues convincingly that (they) fail to "contain and defuse" the alternatives (such as female autonomy, same-sex desire, and socially constructed genders) adequately, thereby creating a discursive space for alternatives to both sentimental and economic marriage... Add(s) a new dimension to understanding of these comedies. CHOICEmehr