Benedikte Naubert (1765-1819) and her Relations to English Culture

Hilary Brown

Benedikte Naubert (1765-1819) and her Relations to English Culture

Hilary Brown

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MHRA Texts and Dissertations 63

Bithell Series of Dissertations 27

Maney Publishing for the Modern Humanities Research Association and the Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies

1 May 2005 • 176pp

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The eighteenth century saw the first significant phase of cultural interchange between Britain and Germany. This study examines the part played in this process by women writers, who were entering the literary world in large numbers for the first time. It asks whether women — as readers, translators and authors — were particularly receptive to the work of other women, and whether a cross-cultural female literary tradition emerged during the period.

The study offers a detailed case-study of the German writer Benedikte Naubert, now known for her collection of fairytales but also a prolific novelist. It looks first at Naubert's engagement with English literature, that is to say at her numerous translations of English novels, and at the ways in which Anglophilia influenced the production of her own fiction. It establishes how Naubert's interest in England and English literature was related to her position as a woman writer. It then examines the reception of her novels and stories in Britain, questioning how far the response to her texts was related to issues of gender. Naubert's work is compared throughout to that of other women writers, and the study thus sheds new light on the extent to which cross-cultural interchange influenced the development of women's writing in both countries.

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‘A detailed bibliography [rounds] out this meticulous, scholarly work. Brown’s thorough and perceptive investigation of Naubert’s fiction and English literature makes previous work on the author obsolete. It takes Naubert’s oeuvre out of the niche of gender studies and places it squarely in the mainstream of German literary history and in the rich tradition of Anglo-German literary and cultural cross-currents.’ — Barbara Becker-Cantarino, Modern Language Review 102, 2007, 565 (full text online)

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i-iii	Front Matter Hilary Brown doi:10.2307/j.ctt32b8vh.1	Cite
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iv-iv	Table of Contents Hilary Brown doi:10.2307/j.ctt32b8vh.2	Cite
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v-vi	Acknowledgements Hilary Brown doi:10.2307/j.ctt32b8vh.3	Cite
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1-5	Introduction Hilary Brown doi:10.2307/j.ctt32b8vh.4	Cite
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6-21	Chapter One Anglo-German Literary Relations: A Female Tradition? Hilary Brown doi:10.2307/j.ctt32b8vh.5	Cite
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22-50	Chapter Two Naubert’s Translations From English Hilary Brown doi:10.2307/j.ctt32b8vh.6	Cite
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51-76	Chapter Three English Models in Naubert’s Fiction Hilary Brown doi:10.2307/j.ctt32b8vh.7	Cite
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77-100	Chapter Four Naubert’s Portrayal of Britain Hilary Brown doi:10.2307/j.ctt32b8vh.8	Cite
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101-135	Chapter Five Naubert’s Reception in Britain Hilary Brown doi:10.2307/j.ctt32b8vh.9	Cite
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136-139	Conclusion Hilary Brown doi:10.2307/j.ctt32b8vh.10	Cite
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140-140	Appendix One: Naubert’s Translations From English Hilary Brown doi:10.2307/j.ctt32b8vh.11	Cite
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141-142	Appendix Two: French and English Versions of Naubert’s Works Hilary Brown doi:10.2307/j.ctt32b8vh.12	Cite
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143-156	Bibliography Hilary Brown doi:10.2307/j.ctt32b8vh.13	Cite
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157-161	INDEX Hilary Brown doi:10.2307/j.ctt32b8vh.14	Cite
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