Interiority in German Women's Writing

Introduction

BEATE ALLERT AND AMY EMM

Part I. Liminality

1. Karoline von Günderrode's Theatrical Interiority

AMY EMM

2. Interiority, Place, and Female Creativity: Philippine Gatterer Engelhard and Sophie Albrecht

LIESL ALLINGHAM

3. Philomela's Song: The Poetics of Intersubjective Interiority in Selected Works by Caroline Rudolphi and Juliane Reichardt, née Benda

FRANCIEN MARKX

Part II. Entrapment and Escape

4. A Shield and a Grave: The Duality of Gothic Interiority in Caroline de la Motte Fouqué's "Das Fräulein vom Thurme"

SARA LULY

5. Interiority as Impossible Refuge in Sophie Tieck's Tale "Der Einsiedler und die Nonne" (The Hermit and the Nun)

CHRISTINA M. WEILER

6. Interiority and Apotheosis in Three Poetic Idylls

MARGARETMARY DALEY

Part III. Private and Shared Communications

7. Interiority as Goal or Impossibility in Sophie von La Roche's Rosaliens Briefe an ihre Freundinn Mariane von St** and Friederike Helene Unger's Julchen Grünthal

MONIKA NENON

8. Writing a Life: Caroline Flachsland Herder

BJÖRN HAMBSCH

Part IV. Interiority and Expression Through Materials

9. "O, wie herrlich war meine Blütezeit": The Vocal Paper of Helmina von Chézy

CATRIONA MACLEOD

10. Annette von Droste-Hülshoff's Poem "The Marl-pit": From Rocks to Wool and Sea Silk

BEATE ALLERT

Notes on Contributors

Index