Virtuous Victim or Sexual Predator? : The Representation of the Widow in Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century German Fiction (Women, Gender and Sexuality in German Literature and Culture .16) / Dunn, Abigail

Virtuous Victim or Sexual Predator? : The Representation of the Widow in Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century German Fiction (Women, Gender and Sexuality in German Literature and Culture .16) （2013. VIII, 248 S. 225 mm）

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Virtuous Victim or Sexual Predator? : The Representation of the Widow in Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century German Fiction (Women, Gender and Sexuality in German Literature and Culture .16) （2013. VIII, 248 S. 225 mm）

Dunn, Abigail

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製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 248 p.
言語 ENG
商品コード 9783034307765

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'Was ist eine Witwe mehr als ... ein aufgewärmtes Essen?'
According to politician and statesman Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel (1741-1796), widows were superfluous beings and second-hand goods, but they were also perceived by theologians and moralists of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as a threat due to their sexual experience and supposedly ungovernable lust.
This book analyses the overwhelmingly negative portrayal of the widow in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century German fiction. Male writers in the works discussed repeat the theory that, once deprived of their husbands, widows become sexually voracious. Indeed, the widow is often presented as a dangerous sexual predator who is prone to violence. Female authors, however, highlight the invisibility of the widow and portray her as a figure alienated from society and her family because she has internalized the ideas propounded by Hippel. The widow is depicted throughout as a figure to be at best re-educated and at worst to be feared and guarded against.

Contents: Widowhood in nineteenth-century Germany: Legal and social realities - Popular perceptions of widows - Representations of the faithless widow throughout German literature - The widow as a death-bringer - The incestuous widow - The virtuous widow - Women's representations of widowhood.