Women writers in German-speaking countries : a bio-bibliographical critical sourcebook / edited by Elke P. Frederiksen and Elizabeth G. Ametsbichler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Frederiksen, Elke P.

Ametsbichler, Elizabeth G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

German literature--Women authors--Bio-bibliography.

German literature.

German literature--Women authors.

Women and literature--Europe, German-speaking--Bibliography.

Women and literature.

German-speaking Europe.

Women authors, German--Biography.

Women authors, German.

Women authors, Austrian--Biography.

Women authors, Austrian.

Women authors, Swiss--Biography.

Women authors, Swiss.

Genre:

Bio-bibliography.

Bibliographies.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxxiii, 561 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1998.

Summary:

Entries summarize and assess the work of 54 Austrian, German, and Swiss women authors from the 10th century to the present.

Contents:

Introduction: A Multiplicity of Voices / Elke P. Frederiksen xvii

Ilse Aichinger (1921- ) (Austria) / Dagmar C. G. Lorenz 1

Lou Andreas-Salome (1861-1937) (Germany/Russia) / Friederike Eigler 12

Mathilde Franziska Anneke (1817-1884) (Germany/USA) / Maria Wagner, Ellen Mckey 21

Bettina Brentano-von Arnim (1785-1859) (Germany) / Elke P. Frederiksen 29

Louise Aston (1814-1871) (Germany) / Uta Peterson 40

Rose Auslander (1901-1988) (Austria-Hungary/Germany) / Kathrin Bower 47

Ingeborg Bachmann (1926-1973) (Austria) / Sara Lennox 56

Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) (Germany) / Jan S. Emerson 69

Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer (1800-1868) (Germany) / Renee Pritchett 78

Hedwig Dohm (1831-1919) (Germany) / Ruth-Ellen B. Joeres 86

Hilde Domin (1912- ) (Germany) / Monika Fischer 95

Ingeborg Drewitz (1923-1986) (Germany) / Margaret E. Ward 103

Annette von Droste-Hulshoff (1797-1848) (Germany) / Gertrud Bauer Pickar 112

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830-1916) (Austria) / Ferrel Rose, Linda Kraus Worley 125

Marieluise Fleisser (1901-1974) (Germany) / Susan L. Cocalis 134

Barbara Frischmuth (1941- ) (Austria) / Jacqueline Vansant 144

Hrotsvit von Gandersheim (ca. 935-ca. 1002) (Germany) / Gabriele L. Strauch, Kathleen Rose 152

Luise Gottsched (1713-1762) (Germany) / Susanne Kord 160

Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg (1633-1694) (Austria/Germany) / Ute Brandes 171

Karoline von Gunderrode (1780-1806) (Germany) / Karin Obermeier 180

Ida Hahn-Hahn (1805-1880) (Germany) / Helga W. Kraft 189

Elfriede Jelinek (1946- ) (Austria) / Vera A. Boiter 199

Anna Louisa Karsch (1722-1791) (Germany) / Julie D. Prandi 208

Marie Luise Kaschnitz (1901-1974) (Germany) / Ruth-Ellen B. Joeres 215

Marie-Therese Kerschbaumer (1936- ) (Austria) / Dagmar C. G. Lorenz 225

Irmgard Keun (1905-1982) (Germany) / Ritta Jo Horsley 233

Sarah Kirsch (1935- ) (Germany) / Barbara Mabee 244

Gertrud Kolmar (1894-1943) (Germany) / Monika Shafi 254

Helga Konigsdorf (1938- ) (Germany) / Marilyn Sibley Fries 265

Elisabeth Langgasser (1899-1950) (Germany) / Erika Alma Metzger 280

Sophie von La Roche (1730-1807) (Germany) / Barbara Becker-Cantarino 288

Else Lasker-Schuler (1869-1945) (Germany/Israel) / Elizabeth G. Ametsbichler 299

Fanny Lewald (1811-1889) (Germany) / Margaret E. Ward 307

Mechthild von Magdeburg (ca. 1210-ca. 1294) (Germany) / Gabriele L. Strauch 317

Monika Maron (1941- ) (Germany) / Frauke Elisabeth Lenckos 325

Sophie Mereau (1770-1806) (Germany) / Simon Richter 333

Libuse Monikova (1945- ) (Czech Republic/Germany) / Hiltrud Arens 341

Irmtraud Morgner (1933-1990) (Germany) / Hildegard Pietsch 349

Louise Otto-Peters (1819-1895) (Germany) / Ruth-Ellen B. Joeres 356

Erica Pedretti (1930- ) (Moravia/Switzerland) / Patricia Anne Simpson 367

Christa Reinig (1926- ) (Germany) / Mona Knapp 374

Gerlind Reinshagen (1926- ) (Germany) / Andreas Ryschka 382

Gabriele Reuter (1859-1941) (Germany) / Linda Kraus Worley 390

Luise Rinser (1911- ) (Germany) / Elke P. Frederiksen 398

Nelly Sachs (1891-1970) (Germany/Sweden) / Ruth Dinesen 407

Dorothea Schlegel (1764-1839) (Germany) / Lorely French 418

Caroline Schlegel-Schelling (1763-1809) (Germany) / Sara Friedrichsmeyer 426

Johanna Schopenhauer (1766-1838) (Germany) / Katherine R. Goodman 434

Anna Maria van Schurman (1607-1678) (Germany/The Netherlands) / Ute Brandes 442

Anna Seghers (1900-1983) (Germany) / Gertraud Gutzmann 451

Verena Stefan (1947- ) (Switzerland/Germany) / Jeanette R. Clausen 461

Rahel Levin Varnhagen (1771-1833) (Germany) / Heidi Thomann Tewarson 470

Gabriele Wohmann (1932- ) (Germany) / Martha J. Hanscom 478

Christa Wolf (1929- ) (Germany) / Karen H. Jankowsky 485.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [505]-517) and indexes.

ISBN:

0313282013

OCLC:

36327310