{"product_id":"the-virginal-mother-in-german-culture-from-sophie-von-la-roche-and-goethe-to-metropolis-9780810139305","title":"The Virginal Mother in German Culture From Sophie","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresents an analysis of the contradictory obsession with female virginity and idealization of maternal nature in Germany from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries. Lauren Nossett explores how the ideal of woman as both a sexless and maternal being led to the creation of a unique figure in German literature: the virginal mother.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Virginal Mother in German Culture\u003c\/i\u003e is a very compelling, well-organized, and detailed analysis of the contradictory and developing tensions between eighteenth to twentieth century fascinations with virginity and the idealization of maternal nature in Germany. It is a unique and field-transforming study.\"\" - Susan Gustafson, author of \u003cem\u003eGoethe's Families of the Heart\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. The Creation of the Virginal Mother: Sophie von La Roche’s \u003ci\u003eThe History of Lady Sophia Sternheim\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. The Ideal Virgin and Failed Mother: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s \u003ci\u003eThe Sorrows of Young Werther\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFaust I\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. The Popular Virginal Mother: E. Marlitt’s \u003ci\u003eThe Old Maid’s Secret \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Second Wife\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. The “Real” Virginal Mother: Caregiving and Motherhood in the Autobiographies of Hedwig Dohm, Adelheid Popp, and Ottilie Baader\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. The Virginal Mother of Orphans and the Vamp Anti-Mother: Thea von Harbou and Fritz Lang’s \u003ci\u003eMetropolis\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Northwestern University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51618771894615,"sku":"9780810139305","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780810139305.jpg?v=1756903296","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-virginal-mother-in-german-culture-from-sophie-von-la-roche-and-goethe-to-metropolis-9780810139305","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}