Writing the Self, Creating Community

This volume examines the world of German women writers who emerged in the burgeoning literary marketplace of eighteenth-century Europe. Beginning in the 1770s, the German literary market experienced unprecedented growth. The enormous demand for reading materials that stimulated this burgeoning market created new opportunities for women writers. At the same time, they still faced numerous obstacles. The new opportunities and limitations imposed on women writers are the subject of this book. The e