Corinne in the North. Madame de Staël’s Influence on Sophie von Knorring and August Strindberg
Since its publication in 1807 Mme de Staël’s novel Corinne, ou l’Italie has become a fundamental reference point for many women writers, who have found in it a prototypical representation of the conflict between genius and current definitions of femininity. Translated into Swedish in 1808-09, Corinne inspired writers such as Fredrika Bremer and Sophie von Knorring. The latter offered, in her 1836 novel Kvinnorna, a rewriting of de Staël’s novel, using it to reflect on a woman’s place in a patriarchal society and on the relationship between art and femininity. Later on, when the Woman Question... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | bookPart |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2020 |
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Schlagwörter: | cultura / lingue nordiche / letteratura nordica / Scandinavia / università / università di Milano / culture / nordic languages / nordic literature / University / University of Milan / langues nordiques / littérature nordique / Scandinavie / université / université de Milan / LIT004250 / Literature German Dutch Scandinavian / DSB |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Link(s) : | http://books.openedition.org/ledizioni/7935 |