Birgit Mikus

The Political Woman in Print: German Women's Writing 1845-1919 - Women, Gender and Sexuality in German Literature and Culture Birgit Mikus New edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-258) and index. Table of Contents: Contents: The Politics of Women's Writing - Social and Legal History - Louise Aston and the Politics of the Novel - Malwida von Meysenbug: The Fight for Women's Rights on a Personal Level - Mathilde Franziska Anneke: Fighting and Writing for the Motherland - Fanny Lewald: The Ambivalent 'Premiere Dame' of Women's Literature - Louise Otto-Peters: Women's Politics and Solidarity as a Matter of Course - Hedwig Dohm: 'Bin ich ein Mensch - nichts als ein Mensch'."Biographical Note: Birgit Mikus holds a D. Phil in German Literature from the University of Oxford and is now based in the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford, as a member of the research staff. Her research interests include nineteenth-century studies, women's writing, political literature, and philosophy of language.