German women as letter writers, 1750-1850

"Letters by German women in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries are voluminous, multifaceted texts with a wide reception and an underestimated history. Scholar Lorely French's study demonstrates the many dimensions of these letters, so as to challenge interpretations that have pejoratively characterized women's concerns in their writings. Drawing on theoretical debates surrounding feminism and the incorporation of history, culture, and psychology into the study of women's writing, her analysis offers a means to address such issues as friendship, publication, aesthetics, and politics as they relate to women writers."@en
"Letters by German women in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries are voluminous, multifaceted texts with a wide reception and an underestimated history. Scholar Lorely French's study demonstrates the many dimensions of these letters, so as to challenge interpretations that have pejoratively characterized women's concerns in their writings. Drawing on theoretical debates surrounding feminism and the incorporation of history, culture, and psychology into the study of women's writing, her analysis offers a means to address such issues as friendship, publication, aesthetics, and politics as they relate to women writers."