Mothers and Daughters in Medieval German Literature Rasmussen (German, Duke U.) selects several works of fiction to show how dialogues between mothers and daughters reveal much about the contradictions of social and sexual conflicts in medieval German society. Noting the historical context in each case, she examines how the male or anonymous authors produce stereotypical representations of mothers and daughters for specific purposes. Excerpts are i... Full description
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Drawing on the themes of current feminist thought, the author explores several examples of German literature and poetry to show how fictional mother-daughter characters played out the contradictions of the social and sexual conflicts in medieval society.
Ann Marie Rasmussen is associate professor of German at Duke University.
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