01859nam a2200313 i 4500001000700000003000600007005001700013008004100030020001800071020001500089040002700104082002100131100003000152245016600182264003000348300001400378336002600392337002800418338002700446520090300473650002601376650001101402650001701413650003501430650002501465650001401490650001701504650002401521216299InACL20260927140206.0260927s2000    xx                0 eng d  a9780820449623  a0820449628  aInACLbengerdacInACL04a838.709bHOC2231 aHock, Lisabeth M.eauthor10aReplicas of a Female Prometheus :bThe Textual Personae of Bettina Von Arnim (North American Studies in Nineteenth-Century German Literature) /cLisabeth M. Hock 1bPeter Lang Pub Inc,c2000  a260 pages  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  a"The relationship of the writer Bettina von Arnim (1785-1859) to the protagonists of her letter and conversation books has long intrigued readers and critics. The first sustained reading of Arnim's six major texts written in English, this book investigates the relationship of Arnim to her literary Bettine-figures and the roles - including those of child, friend, lover, mother, writer, and genius - that she assigned to these textual personae.Employing feminist theories of positionality, it demonstrates how Arnim developed various subject positions for both herself and her protagonists. Further, it shows how Arnim's increasing public stature over the course of the 1840s strongly influenced the transformation of her literary namesakes from childlike figures who focus primarily on the development of the self into mature women who concern themselves first and foremost with issues of politic 0aAncient and Classical 0aEssays 0aGerman Prose 0aSpecial Subjects In Literature 0aLiterary Collections 0a1785-1859 0a19th century 0aArnim, Bettina von,