The first survey in English of novels by German women in the period 1771 1871, and their role in shaping attitudes.
1. Introduction: women, the novel, and the German nation; 2. The emergence of German domestic fiction; 3. German women respond to the French Revolution; 4. Liberation's aftermath: the early restoration; 5. Feminists in the Vormärz; 6. Eugene Marlitt: the art of liberal compromise; Notes; Works cited; Index.