Author : Anna Richards
Release : 2004
Genre : Diseases in literature
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 398/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Wasting Heroine in German Fiction by Women 1770-1914 by : Anna Richards
Download or read book The Wasting Heroine in German Fiction by Women 1770-1914 written by Anna Richards. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this broad-ranging study of German fiction by women between 1770-1914, the author aims to add a new dimension to existing debates on the association of women and illness in literature. She constructs a history of women's self-starvation, eating behaviour and wasting diseases