Great Books by German Women in the Age of Emotion, 1770-1820

Introduction: Passion and Prejudice: Toward a New Literary Canon for the German Novel
1: An Anglophile Fraeulein and Her Epistolary Emotions: Die Geschichte des Fraeuleins von Sternheim (1771) by Sophie von La Roche
2: Reading for Pleasure vs. Reading for Pain: Julchen Gruenthal: Eine Pensionsgeschichte (1784) by Friederike Unger
3: Sympathy for the Sublime: Das Bluetenalter der Empfindung (1794) by Sophie Mereau
4: The Legitimacy of Passionate Narrative and the Metanarrative of Anonymity: Agnes von Lilien (1796) by Caroline von Wolzogen
5: Monstrous Pathos and the Agony of Female Influence: Die Honigmonathe(1804) by Caroline Fischer
6: Adultery Rewarded: Women's Emotions and Men's Indignity in Frauenwuerde (1818) by Caroline Pichler
Conclusion: Great Books, Or: The Laurel Wreath as a Mixed Blessing
Appendix A: Publication Information and Plot Summaries, Chronologically Listed
Appendix B: Biographies of the Novelists
Bibliography
Index

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German women authors; Age of Emotion; literary canon; German novels; emotion portrayal; women's lives; German literature; emotion; women's roles; German-language novels; literary interpretation