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040			_aInACL _beng _erda _cInACL
082	0	4	_a838.709 _bHOC _223
100	1		_aHock, Lisabeth M. _eauthor
245	1	0	_aReplicas of a Female Prometheus : _bThe Textual Personae of Bettina Von Arnim (North American Studies in Nineteenth-Century German Literature) / _cLisabeth M. Hock
264		1	_bPeter Lang Pub Inc, _c2000
300			_a260 pages
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_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
650		0	_aAncient and Classical
650		0	_aEssays
650		0	_aGerman Prose
650		0	_aSpecial Subjects In Literature
650		0	_aLiterary Collections
650		0	_a1785-1859
650		0	_a19th century
650		0	_aArnim, Bettina von,
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