Bluestocking feminism and British-German cultural transfer, 1750-1837:

Bluestocking Feminism and British-German Cultural Transfer, 1750â€"1837 examines the processes of cultural transfer between Britain and Germany during the Personal Union, the period from 1714 to 1837 when the kings of England were simultaneously Electors of Hanover. While scholars have generall...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johns, Alessa (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor University of Michigan Press [2014]
Subjects:
Online Access:Volltext
Summary:Bluestocking Feminism and British-German Cultural Transfer, 1750â€"1837 examines the processes of cultural transfer between Britain and Germany during the Personal Union, the period from 1714 to 1837 when the kings of England were simultaneously Electors of Hanover. While scholars have generally focused on the political and diplomatic implications of the Personal Union, Alessa Johns offers a new perspective by tracing sociocultural repercussions and investigating how, in the period of the American and French Revolutions, Britain and Germany generated distinct discourses of liberty even though they were nonrevolutionary countries. British and German reformistsâ€"feminists in particularâ€"used the period's expanded pathways of cultural transfer to generate new discourses as well as to articulate new views of what personal freedom, national character, and international interaction might be
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:0472119389
0472120476
0472900935
9780472119387
9780472120475
9780472900930
Access:Open Access

There is no print copy available.

Interlibrary loan Place Request Caution: Not in THWS collection! Get full text