Women of the Danish Golden Age: Literature, Theater and the Emancipation of Women Volume 8

by Katalin Nun

This broad, interdisciplinary work explores the often overlooked contributions of women to the cultural life of the Danish Golden Age. Featuring chapters on novelist Thomasine Gyllembourg, actress Johanne Luise Heiberg, and feminist writer Mathilde Fibiger, it spans three generations of women from the early to late Golden Age, examining the perceived proper role of women in Danish society at the time, including an examination of views by male Golden...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8763539136
• ISBN13: 9788763539135
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 9.1"