Femininity and authorship in the novels of Elizabeth von Arnim : at her most radiant moment / Juliane Romhild.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Romhild, Juliane, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Von Arnim, Elizabeth, 1866-1941--Criticism and interpretation.

Von Arnim, Elizabeth.

Femininity in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (197 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland ; Plymouth, England : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Femininity and Authorship in the Novels of Elizabeth von Arnim is a comprehensive study of Elizabeth von Arnim, a much-loved middlebrow satirist who is currently being rediscovered by scholars. This study offers not only new insights on one of the bestselling English comical writers of the interwar years, but also engages with middlebrow and modernist literature, von Arnim's relationships with writers like Katherine Mansfield and Virginia Woolf, New Woman fiction, experimental life writing, and gender theory. </sp

Contents:

Contents; List of Abbreviations and Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: Elizabeth and Her German Garden; Chapter Two: The Solitary Summer; Chapter Three: The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen; Chapter Four: In the Mountains; Chapter Five: All the Dogs of My Life; Conclusion; Works Cited; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61147-704-2