Women and Death 2: Warlike Women in the German Literary and Cultural Imagination Since 1500

Contributor(s): Colvin, Sarah (Editor), Watanabe-O'Kelly, Helen (Editor), Brandt, Bettina (Contribution by), Eifler, Christine (Contribution by), Santini, Daria (Contribution by), Watanabe-O'Kelly, Helen (Contribution by), Hoffmann-Curtius, Kathrin (Contribution by), Davies, Mererid Puw (Contribution by), Davies, Peter (Contribution by), Robertson, Ritchie (Contribution by), Seifert, Ruth (Contribution by), Colvin, Sarah (Contribution by), Frevert, Ute (Contribution by)

ISBN: 9781571134004

Publisher: Camden House (NY)

Hardcover

$130.00

Pub Date: September 1, 2009

Dewey: 830.93522

LCCN: 2009013091

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.00" H x 9.00" L x 6.00" W ( 1.35 lbs) 324 pages

BISAC Categories:

Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Explores both constants and changes in representations of warlike and violent women in German culture over the past six centuries.

Brief description: University of Edinburgh

Review Quotes: The case studies range from general issues to very specific ones, providing good coverage of militant women in many roles from early times onwards. . . . [P]rovide[s] revealing insights into specific individuals, including key figures such as Grimmelshausen's Courasche, Schiller's Joan of Arc, and Kleist's Penthesilea.-- "MODERN LANGUAGE REVIEW"