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Literary Criticism General

Shifting Voices

Feminist Thought and Women's Writing in Fin-de-Siècle Austria and Hungary

by (author) Agatha Schwartz

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Dec 2007
Category
General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773532861
    Publish Date
    Dec 2007
    List Price
    $125.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773578227
    Publish Date
    Dec 2007
    List Price
    $95.00

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The organized women's movement in Austria-Hungary became increasingly important with the rise of modernism and feminist concerns ranging from women's legal and political rights, access to education, professional opportunities, economic independence, and sexual freedom found expression in print. Agatha Schwartz analyses the connections between the women's movements and women's writing in Austria and Hungary to explore some differences between works written in Austria and those coming from Hungary, whose urban culture was younger. She provides critiques of major works of fiction and theory by authors such as Rosa Mayreder, Grete Meisel-Hess, Margit Kaffka and Szikra.

About the author

Agatha Schwartz is associate professor, German, University of Ottawa, and co-editor of The Third Shore: Women's Prose from East-Central Europe.

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