Description: Further DetailsTitle: Sophie Discovers AmerikaCondition: NewEAN: 9781571135865ISBN: 9781571135865Publisher: Camden House IncFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 06/15/2014Item Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmContributor: Rob McFarland (Edited by), Michelle Stott James (Edited by)Language: EnglishSubtitle: German-Speaking Women Write the New WorldISBN-10: 1571135863Description: Cultural and literary historians investigate the unique literary bridge between German-speaking women and the "New World," examining novels, films, travel literature, poetry, erotica, and photography.In a 1798 novel by Sophie von La Roche, a European woman swims across a cold North American lake seeking help from the local indigenous tribe to deliver a baby. In a 2008 San Francisco travel guide, Milena Moser, the self-proclaimed "Patron Saint of Desperate Swiss Housewives," ponders the guilty pleasures of a media-saturated world. Wildly disparate, these two texts reveal the historical arc of a much larger literary constellation: the literature of German-speaking women who interact with the New World. In this volume, cultural historians from around the world investigate this unique literary bridge between two hemispheres, focusing on New-World texts written by female authors from Germany, Austria, or Switzerland. Encompassing a broad range of genres including novels, films, travel literature, poetry, erotica, and even photography, the essays include women's experiences across both American continents. Many of the primary literary texts discussed in this volume are available in the online collections of Sophie: A Digital Library of Works by German-Speaking Women (http://sophie.byu.edu/). Contributors: Christiane Arndt, Karin Baumgartner, Ute Bettray, Ulrike Brisson, Carola Daffner, Denise M. Della Rossa, Linda Dietrick, Silke R. Falkner, Maureen O. Gallagher, Nicole Grewling, Monika Hohbein-Deegen, Gabi Kathöfer, Thomas W. Kniesche,Julie Koser, Judith E. Martin, Sarah C. Reed, Christine Rinne, Tom Spencer, Florentine Strzelczyk, David Tingey, Petra Watzke, Chantal Wright. Rob McFarland and Michelle Stott James are both Associate Professors of German at Brigham Young University.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Literary CriticismBook Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and CultureItem Weight: 1gAuthor: Michelle Stott JamesRelease Year: 2014 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Sophie Discovers Amerika
Title: Sophie Discovers Amerika
EAN: 9781571135865
ISBN: 9781571135865
Release Date: 06/15/2014
Release Year: 2014
Contributor: Michelle Stott James (Edited by)
Subtitle: German-Speaking Women Write the New World
ISBN-10: 1571135863
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Literary Criticism
Number of Pages: 324 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Sophie Discovers Amerika : German-Speaking Women Write the New World
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer, Incorporated
Subject: Women Authors, European / German, European / General, Gender Studies, Subjects & Themes / General
Item Height: 1.1 in
Publication Year: 2014
Item Weight: 21.8 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Michelle Stott James
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Social Science
Item Length: 9.3 in
Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture Ser.
Item Width: 6.3 in
Format: Hardcover
