The wasting heroine in German fiction by women 1770-1914 [electronic resource]

Title	The wasting heroine in German fiction by women 1770-1914 [electronic resource]
Author	Anna Richards
Imprint	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199267545.001.0001
Descript	1 online resource (224 p.)

SUMMARY

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

German fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism German fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism German fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism Women in literature Diseases in literature