Great Books by German Women in the Age of Emotion, 1770–1820: Women and Gender in German Studies

Introduction: Passion and Prejudice: Toward a New Literary Canon for the German Novel 1: An Anglophile Fräulein and Her Epistolary Emotions: Die Geschichte des Fräuleins von Sternheim (1771) by Sophie von La Roche 2: Reading for Pleasure vs. Reading for Pain: Julchen Grünthal: Eine Pensionsgeschichte (1784) by Friederike Unger 3: Sympathy for the Sublime: Das Blütenalter der Empfindung (1794) by Sophie Mereau 4: The Legitimacy of Passionate Narrative and the Metanarrative of Anonymity: Agnes von Lilien (1796) by Caroline von Wolzogen 5: Monstrous Pathos and the Agony of Female Influence: Die Honigmonathe(1804) by Caroline Fischer 6: Adultery Rewarded: Women's Emotions and Men's Indignity in Frauenwürde (1818) by Caroline Pichler Conclusion: Great Books, Or: The Laurel Wreath as a Mixed Blessing Appendix A: Publication Information and Plot Summaries, Chronologically Listed Appendix B: Biographies of the Novelists Bibliography Index