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Berlin Snapshots: Images of the City in Short Fiction
This book chapter discusses Berlin, Germany and images of the city in short fiction.
East Germany
Encyclopedia article discussing East Germany.
Germany: German Democratic Republic: Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (Stasi): Ministry for state security, 1950-89
Encyclopedia article discussing the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and the ministry for state security (Stasi) from 1950 to 1989.
Germany: German Democratic Republic: Publishers
Encyclopedia article discussing the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and publishers.
Offizielle und inoffizielle Zensurverfahren in der DDR: Eine Fallstudie zu Günter Kunert
Article on official and unofficial censorship procedures in the German Democratic Republic and the case of Günter Kunert.
Overcoming the Silence: Narrative Strategies in Günter Grass's Beim Häuten der Zwiebel
Article on overcoming the silence and narrative strategies in Günter Grass's "Beim Häuten der Zwiebel."
Peter Huchel 1903-1981: From "Encyclopedia of German Literature"
Encyclopedia article discussing writer Peter Huchel.
Peter Schneider's "Eduards Heimkehr" and the Image of the "New Berlin"
Article discussing Peter Schneider's "Eduards Heimkehr" and the image of the "New Berlin."
The Presence and Absence of the Past: Sites of Memory and Forgetting in F. C. Delius's "Die Flatterzunge"
Article on the presence and absence of the past and the sites of memory and forgetting in F. C. Delius' "Die Flatterzunge."
'Zur Sache Deutschland.' Volker Braun Takes Stock
Article discussing "Zur Sache Deutschland" and Volker Braun taking stock of his life.
Berlin's Symphony Continues: Architectural, Social and Artistic Change
This book chapter discusses Berlin, Germany and the architectural, social, and artistic change.
"Schreiber, was siehst du?" Processing Historical and Social Change
This book chapter discusses processing historical and social change in literature and film during the German unification.
Le développement de l'identité féminine chez Françoise de Graffigny: Cénie et Lettres d'une Péruvienne
Article on the development of female identity in Françoise Graffigny.
Eighteenth-Century Women Novelists at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century
This bibliography provides an overview of eighteenth-century women authors at the dawn of the twenty-first century.
Epistolary Silence in Françoise de Graffigny's Lettres d'une Péruvienne (1747)
Article on epistolary silence in Françoise de Graffigny's 'Lettres d'une Péruvienne.'
Frances Brooke's History of Emily Montague (1769) Epistolarity at the Transatlantic Intersection of Public and Private
Book chapter on Frances Brooke's "History of Emily Montague" and the epistolarity at the transatlantic intersection of public and private.
Marie Jeanne Riccoboni's Lettres d'Élisabeth Sophie de Vallière: A Feminist Reading
Article on Marie Jeanne Riccoboni's 'Lettres d'Élisabeth Sophie de Vallière' and writing in the female voice.
Mme Riccoboni Épistolière-Romancière L'Épître-Préface à Garrick et les Lettres de Mme de Sancerre
Book chapter on the novelist Madame Riccoboni with letters by Madame de Sancerre and a letter addressed to David Garrick.
A Newly Discovered 1722 Letter by Fan- and Miniature Painter Louis Goupy (1675? - 1747)
Article discussing a newly discovered 1722 letter by fan- and miniature painter Louis Goupy (1675-1747).
[Review] Changing Minds: The Shifting Perception of Culture in Eighteenth-Century France
This article reviews the book "Changing Minds: The Shifting Perception of Culture in Eighteenth-Century France," by John C. O'Neal, published in 2002.
[Review] From Wives to Widows in Early Modern Paris: Gender, Economy, and Law
This article reviews the book "From Wives to Widows in Early Modern Paris: Gender, Economy, and Law," by Janine M. Lanza published in 2007.
[Review] Science in the Age of Sensibility: The Sentimental Empiricists of the French Enlightenment
This article reviews the book "Science in the Age of Sensibility: The Sentimental Empiricists of the French Enlightenment," by Jessica Riskin and published in 2002.
[Review] The French Nobility in the Eighteenth Century: Reassessments and New Approaches
This article reviews the book "The French Nobility in the Eighteenth Century: Reassessments and New Approaches," edited by Jay M. Smith and published in 2006.
[Review] The Politics of Appearances: Representations of Dress in Revolutionary France
This book review discusses 'The Politics of Appearances: Representations of Dress in Revolutionary France,' by Richard Wrigley and published in 2002.
Sexual Contract and mariage blanc: Marie Jeanne Riccoboni
Article on sexual contract and mariage blanc. Abstract: Reading Marie Jeanne Riccoboni's biography as exemplifying eighteenth-century marriage based on women's limited legal recourse within the marriage contract, I argue that the author offers women an empowering alternative to the sexual contract in her fiction, a mariage blanc based on friendship.
(Substitute) Motherhood in Two Novels by Marie Jeanne Riccoboni
Article on two novels by author Marie Jeanne Riccoboni, 'Histoire d'Ernestine,' published in 1765, and 'Lettres d'Elisabeth Sophie de Vallière à Louise Hortence de Canteleu, son amie,' published in 1772.
Widows and Riccoboni's Lettres d'Adélaïde de Dammartin
Article on widows and Marie Jeanne Riccoboni's 'Lettres d'Adélaïde de Dammartin.' This is a selected essay from the Women in French International Conference in 2006.
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