The Goethe era of German literature was dominated by men. Women were discouraged from reading and scorned as writers; Schiller saw female writers as typical 'di

"Literature written by women in German during the period long known patriarchally as the Age of Goethe was largely lumped in with other unserious or artisticall

In an attempt to better account for the impressive diversity of positions and relations that characterizes the eighteenth-century world, this collection propose

This volume showcases the vibrant and diverse contributions made to philosophy by women in 18th-century Germany and explores their under-appreciated influence u

Women Write Back explores the late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century women’s responses to texts written by well-known Enlightment figures. Hilger inves