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- Cemetery of The Murdered Daughters: Feminism, History, and Ingeborg Bachmann
- Book
- 2006
- Published by: University of Massachusetts Press
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Although Austrian writer Ingeborg Bachmann (1926–1973) is widely regarded as one of the most important twentieth-century authors writing in German, her novels and stories have sometimes been viewed narrowly as portraits of women as victims. In this innovative study, Sara Lennox provides a much broader perspective on Bachmann’s work, at the same time undertaking an experiment in feminist methodology.Lennox examines Bachmann’s poetry and prose in historical context, arguing that the varied feminist interpretations of her writings are the result of shifts in theoretical emphases over a period of more than three decades. Lennox then places her own essays on Bachmann in similar perspective, showing how each piece reflects the historical moment in which it was written. Making use of recent interdisciplinary approaches—Foucauldian theories of sexuality, post-colonial theory, materialist feminism—she explores the extent to which each of her earlier readings was shaped by the methods employed, the questions asked, and the political issues that seemed most germane at the time. Out of this analysis comes a new understanding of the significance of Bachmann’s work and new insight into the theory and practice of feminist criticism.
Table of Contents
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- Abbreviations
- pp. xiii-xiv
- Introduction
- pp. 1-28
- PART I: Bachmann and History
- 1. Bachmann in History: An Overview
- pp. 31-42
- 2. Bachmann's Feminist Reception
- pp. 43-82
- PART II: A History of Reading Bachmann
- Reading Bachmann in 1981
- pp. 116-118
- Reading Bachmann in 1983
- pp. 145-149
- Reading Bachmann in 1984
- pp. 183-187
- 6. Bachmann and Wittgenstein
- pp. 195-210
- Reading Bachmann in 1985
- pp. 211-214
- Reading Bachmann in 1987
- pp. 233-238
- PART III: Reading Bachmann Historically
- Works Cited
- pp. 341-373
Additional Information
ISBN
9781613761212
Related ISBN(s)
9781558495517
MARC Record
OCLC
647543410
Pages
408
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No