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Table of Contents Acknowledgments ............................................................................. ...............x List of Abbreviations xi Preface. The Spider 1 Introduction. The Spinners 12 Chapter One. Childhood 34 Fanny Markus 34 Reality and Fantasy 41 School Years 45 "Im Vaterhause" (In My Father's House) 54 Breaking Away 65 Chapter Two. Rebellion 74 "Years of Sorrow" 74 Breakthrough Liberation through Writing Other Mothers A Widening World Chapter Three. Between Rebellion and Renunciation 139 Fantasy becomes Reality 139 Life of Wandering Revolution and Counter-Revolution Practical Observer The Struggle for Stahr Chapter Four. Emancipatory Essays 218 Pre-March Prelude 218 Women's Emancipation to Work Sisterhood and Peace "For and Against Women Voting Rights Chapter Five. Fictionalizing the Writer and the Writer of Fiction 283 Forging a Career 283 Transformations Aesthetics in an Age of Realism Storytelling as Healing The Jewish Daughter's Androgyny Chapter Six. Resilience and Renewal 345 Mothering Others 345 Resisting Sorrows 370 Return to Rome 382 Renewal through Writing 395 Preparing for Posterity 405 Conclusion. Reading the Self-Reading the Other 421 Appendix: Chronology of Life and Work Notes Bibliography Index
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Lewald, Fanny, 1811-1889 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Lewald, Fanny, 1811-1889 -- Relations with women.
German literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
Women and literature -- Germany -- History -- 19th century.