The History of Lady Sophia Sternheim
The History of Lady Sophia Sternheim

Author: Sophie von LaRoche

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 1991-07-03

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 1438410131

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This is the first translation of this work into English since 1776, and the only English version that is complete and unadulterated. Sophie von LaRoche is credited with being the first German female novelist and author of the first German "woman's novel." The History of Lady Sophia Sternheim is the first German Bildungsroman with a female protaganist, the first full-fledged German epistolary novel, and the first German sentimental novel. Its autobiographical aspects, incorporating thinly disguised vignettes of Wieland, Goethe, and other great figures of the day, give the work an unmistakably true-to-life flavor and immediacy.

The History of Lady Sophia Sternheim
The History of Lady Sophia Sternheim

Author: Sophie von La Roche

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 1991-01-01

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 9780791405321

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This is the first translation of this work into English since 1776, and the only English version that is complete and unadulterated. Sophie von LaRoche is credited with being the first German female novelist and author of the first German "woman's novel." The History of Lady Sophia Sternheim is the first German Bildungsroman with a female protaganist, the first full-fledged German epistolary novel, and the first German sentimental novel. Its autobiographical aspects, incorporating thinly disguised vignettes of Wieland, Goethe, and other great figures of the day, give the work an unmistakably true-to-life flavor and immediacy.

The History of Lady Sophia Sternheim
The History of Lady Sophia Sternheim

Author: James Lynn

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-01-14

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 1315478110

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The best-known novel of Sophie von La Roche, a German 18th-century woman writer. The plot reflects typical 18th-century concerns: the value of sentiment and the importance of virtue in attaining a good life. The publication of this novel reflects a recent revival of interest in the author.

Writing the Self, Creating Community
Writing the Self, Creating Community

Author: Elisabeth Krimmer

Publisher: Women and Gender in German Stu

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 1640140786

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This volume examines the world of German women writers who emerged in the burgeoning literary marketplace of eighteenth-century Europe.

Sophie von La Roche: 'The History of Lady Sophia Sternheim'
Sophie von La Roche: 'The History of Lady Sophia Sternheim'

Author: James Lynn

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 1993-02-01

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9780814787755

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"The mix of famous and obscure writers should offer something to both academic and popular taste: altogether the series seems admirable in its aims and in its execution." --London Times "Reveal[s] the audacious diversity of women's imaginations before feminism." --The Oberserver "Relates the sufferings of a superlatively virtuous heroine victimized by a sadistic libertine lover and worldly relatives. Its expressive delineation of feelings, particularly the delicate sensitivity of the heroine, introduced the sentimental novel into Germany and inspired Goethe's Sorrows of Young Werther. --Belles Lettres Sophie von La Roche (1731-1807) is the most famous German 18th-century woman writer, and this is her best known novel. It is also the first novel by a German woman to appear in print. A psychologically intense drama of the struggle of a young country woman to live virtuously in the face of the malevolent intrigues of family, friends, and lovers, it became an icon for young writers of the `Sturm und Drang' generation of the late 18th-century. Goethe admired it and wrote The Sorrows of Young Werther under its influence. With its message of the triumph of truth and virtue over self-love, this book stands as one of the great works of the Age of Sentiment.

Encyclopedia of German Literature
Encyclopedia of German Literature

Author: Matthias Konzett

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-05-11

Total Pages: 1159

ISBN-13: 113594122X

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Designed to provide English readers of German literature the opportunity to familiarize themselves with both the established canon and newly emerging literatures that reflect the concerns of women and ethnic minorities, the Encyclopedia of German Literature includes more than 500 entries on writers, individual work, and topics essential to an understanding of this rich literary tradition. Drawing on the expertise of an international group of experts, the essays in the encyclopedia reflect developments of the latest scholarship in German literature, culture, and history and society. In addition to the essays, author entries include biographies and works lists; and works entries provide information about first editions, selected critical editions, and English-language translations. All entries conclude with a list of further readings.

Restless
Restless

Author: William Boyd

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2012-12-01

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1408835185

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

It is 1939. Eva Delectorskaya is a beautiful 28-year-old Russian émigrée living in Paris. As war breaks out she is recruited for the British Secret Service by Lucas Romer, a mysterious Englishman, and under his tutelage she learns to become the perfect spy, to mask her emotions and trust no one, including those she loves most. Since the war, Eva has carefully rebuilt her life as a typically English wife and mother. But once a spy, always a spy. Now she must complete one final assignment, and this time Eva can't do it alone: she needs her daughter's help.