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Lessing, Goethe, Kleist, and the transformation of gender : from hermaphrodite to amazon / by Eleanor E. ter Horst.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ter Horst, Eleanor E., 1965-
- Series:
- American university studies. Germanic languages and literatures ; Series I, vol. 110.
- American university studies. Series I, Germanic languages and literature ; vol. 110
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kleist, Heinrich von, 1777-1811.
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.
- Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim, 1729-1781.
- German literature--18th century--History and criticism.
- German literature.
- German literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- Gender identity in literature.
- Intersexuality in literature.
- Amazons in literature.
- Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim, 1729-1781--Criticism and interpretation.
- Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim.
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832--Criticism and interpretation.
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von.
- Kleist, Heinrich von, 1777-1811--Criticism and interpretation.
- Kleist, Heinrich von.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Physical Description:
- 210 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : P. Lang, [2003]
- Contents:
- Gender as exchange in Lessing's Miss Sara Sampson and Minna von Barnhelm
- Amazon and hermaphrodite: Goethe's Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre
- Polarization of gender: the Amazon in Kleist's Penthesilea.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [181]-195) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Albert E. Visk, W'28, Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0820445487
- 9780820445489
- OCLC:
- 45962917
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