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Book SynopsisThis volume of original essays celebrates Barbara Becker-Cantarino, whose prolific publications on German literary culture from 1600 to the twentieth century are major milestones in the field of German cultural studies. The range of topics in the collection reflects the breadth of Becker-Cantarino’s scholarship. Examining literature from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries, the contributors explore the intersections of gender, race, and genre, history and gender, and gender and violence. They provide fresh readings of the works of known and lesser-known writers, including Cyriacus Spangenberg, Maria Anna Sager, Luise Gottsched, Heinrich von Kleist, Frank Wedekind, Christa Wolf, Helga Schütz, Terézia Mora, and Martina Hefter. Their discussions explore the possibilities and limitations of theoretical discourses on travel literature, deconstruction, and gender and suggest new avenues of investigation.
Table of ContentsJohn Pustejovsky: The Experience of Words. A Tribute to Barbara Becker-Cantarino Katherine Goodman: Luise Gottsched, Freethinker Stefanie Stockhorst: Schwangerschaft und Geburt in der ‘schönen’ Literatur. Überlegungen zum Funktionswandel eines Motivs Helga Meise: Dispositive der Macht in Maria Anna Sager Die verwechselten Töchter (1771) und Karolinens Tagebuch (1774) Theodore Ziolkowski: Recent German Literature: ‘Romantic’ or ‘romantic’? Ursula Kocher: Transferleistungen: Formen des Traditionsverhaltens bei Paul Fleming Anna Grotans, Berit Jany, Kathryn Corl, and Annett Krause: The Gruber Manuscript: Alms, Books and the New World Gaby Pailer: Gewalt, Geschlecht und die Kunst der Novelle: Boccaccio, Schiller und Kleist Gregory H. Wolf: The Desire to Control Death: Heinrich von Kleist’s Epistolary Correspondence on Schicksal, Tod and Selbstmord Helen Watanabe-O’Kelly: “Meine liebe Mutter.” Cyriacus Spangenberg and his Treatise on “WeiberAdel” (1591) Stephanie E. Libbon: Revamping Frank Wedekind’s Prostitutes. A Liberating Re-Creation or Male Recreation? Christiane Caemmerer: Die Schäferliteratur und die Frauen Elke Frederiksen: Journeys Across Continents – Writing Across Borders. From Europe to Africa – from Africa to Europe Rachel J. Halverson: Living in the Moment, Reflecting on the Past: Exploring Loss, Language, and Identity in Martina Hefter’s Zurück auf Los and Die Küsten der Berge Marie-Luise Gättens: Eingemauert: Helga Schütz, Grenze zum gestrigen Tag Monika Shafi: “Mit der Wende kam der Appetit”: Work, Food, and Gender in Terézia Mora’s Der einzige Mann auf dem Kontinent Alexander Schwarz: Körper, Gender, Eulenspiegel Publications by Barbara Becker-Cantarino Index of Names
