The Intellectual Development of German Women in Selected Periodicals from 1725 to 1784

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This original work explores the intellectual development of the eighteenth century German upper middle-class woman through her stages as reader, writer, and editor. It traces this progression by looking closely at three publications: Gottsched's moral weekly Die Vernünftigen Tadlerinnen; Jacobi and Heinse's literary journal Iris; and Sophie von la Roche's literary journal Pomona. Für Teutschlands Töchter. This analysis reveals that, contrary to the beliefs of many contemporary feminists, the eighteenth century German woman made significant contributions toward the intellectual emancipation of women.

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Sharon Marie DiFino

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«By working thoroughly through literary materials (the periodicals 'Die Vernünftigen Tadlerinnen', 'Iris', and 'Pomona'), which have not yet been analyzed in depth, Sharon DiFino can show that - contrary to the common feminist view - there was indeed a three-phase process of women's intellectual development in eighteenth-century Germany. Thus her book gives a new insight in and interpretation of the intellectual growth of German women during the period of Enlightenment.» (Albert M. Reh, University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
«DiFino's work is a must for every scholar of eighteenth-century studies. Her use of heretofore unrecognized source materials is impressive. With these sources, she succeeds in presenting a new view of women in the eighteenth century.» (Helga Kraft, University of Florida, Gainesville)
«DiFino's insightful work offers an original perspective on the intellectual development of the eighteenth-century German woman. The most striking aspect of this study is that it sheds light on a different perception, held by bourgeois men, of the role and expectations of their female counterparts in the early Enlightenment.» (Franz Futterknecht, University of Florida, Gainesville)

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