Imaginations of Female Sovereignty in German Women Writers' Literature (1789-1848) KU Leuven
This dissertation investigates the representation of female sovereignty in German literature written by women between 1789 and 1848. It starts from the observation that women became political outsiders after the French Revolution. For a long time, female sovereignty had been a historical reality in Europe: although it never went without controversy, the dynastic power structures of the Ancien Régime made it possible for women to ...