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Virtuous Victim or Sexual Predator?

The Representation of the Widow in Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century German Fiction

Abigail Dunn

Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date : 2013-08-12

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‘Was ist eine Witwe mehr als … ein aufgewärmtes Essen?’
According to politician and statesman Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel (1741-1796), widows were superfluous beings and second-hand goods, but they were also perceived by theologians and moralists of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as a threat due to their sexual experience and supposedly ungovernable lust.
This book analyses the overwhelmingly negative portrayal of the widow in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century German fiction. Male writers in the works discussed repeat the theory that, once deprived of their husbands, widows become sexually voracious. Indeed, the widow is often presented as a dangerous sexual predator who is prone to violence. Female authors, however, highlight the invisibility of the widow and portray her as a figure alienated from society and her family because she has internalized the ideas propounded by Hippel. The widow is depicted throughout as a figure to be at best re-educated and at worst to be feared and guarded against.

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Author

Abigail Dunn

Imprint

Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften

Collection

n.c

Publication date

2013-08-12

Pages

256 pages

Print ISBN

9783034307765

Language

English

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9783035304879

Price

£46.37

Copy count 51

Print count 51

File size 1587 Ko

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