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- Title
Geschichte des Frduleins von Sternheim: Explorations of a Woman's Terra Cognita.
- Authors
Hyner, Bernadette H.
- Abstract
Discusses Sophie von La Roche’s 18th-century narrative "Geschichte des Fräuleins von Sternheim," which pairs the paradigm of sensibility with a travel theme and traces a woman’s coming-of-age. Treatment of relocation that undermines the conventional emphasis on domestic ideals; Highlighting of sensibility and resilience as key attributes promoting the protagonist’s physical and cognitive progression; Heroine’s function as a model for women who reject the domestic realm as their only venue.
- Subjects
GERMANY; GESCHICHTE des Frauleins von Sternheim (Book); LA Roche, Sophie von, 1731-1807; WOMEN in literature; TRAVEL in literature; 19TH century German literature
- Publication
Monatshefte, 2004, Vol 96, Issue 2, p182
- ISSN
0026-9271
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3368/m.XCVI.2.182