Elektra and Her Sisters

Three Female Characters in Schnitzler, Freud and Hofmannsthal
Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-0-8204-2327-2
Verlag: Peter Lang

Buch, Englisch, Band 11, 141 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 350 g

Reihe: Austrian Culture

The five essays in this book examine the connections between literary censorship and the political repression of women in Arthur Schnitzler’s Frau Berta Garlan, Sigmund Freud’s case history of «Dora», and Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s Elektra - three male representations of female characters in Hapsburg Austria between 1900 and 1905.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Michael, Nancy C

Über Autor(innen)

The Author: Nancy C. Michael is Professor of English and German at Bemidji State University, in Bemidji Minnesota. She received her Ph.D. in English from Tulane University and her Ph.D. in German from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the author of Pericles: An Annotated Bibliography as well as articles on comparative, English, and German literature.