9 Bücher ähnlich wie Maria oder die Ungerechtigkeiten der Frau
Der Angeklagte
Covering topics ranging from literature to philosophy, history to social criticism, this is a snapshot of thought on 20th-century Europe (and the world) by one of Europe's sharpest wits and ablest pens. With chapter titles ranging from “The Miser and His Friends” to “The Red Reactionary,” from “The Separatist and Sacred Things” to “The New Theologian” and “The Romantic in the Rain,” this volume…
Gemeinsame Themen: English Authors, British and irish fiction, English literature, History
Unsere androzentrische Kultur, oder die von Menschen gemachte Welt
In this probing critique of "androcentric culture," pioneering feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman analyzes with wit and insight the many negative effects of male domination, not only on women in particular but on the welfare of the human race as a whole. Society's long history of male hegemony and female subservience has not enhanced the natural qualities of the human race but rather distorted…
Gemeinsame Themen: Social and moral questions, Women, History
Leben des Samuel Johnson
Index term: English literature
Gemeinsame Themen: English Authors, English literature, Biography & Memoir
Der Magier
Stunningly rejacketed as part of a major reinvention of this neglected 20th century masterSet in the bohemian cafe society of Paris at the turn of the nineteenth century, Maugham's exploration of hypnotism and the occult was inspired by the sinister black magician Aleister Crowley. At the start of this compulsive gothic horror story, Arthur and his beautiful, innocent fiancee Margaret look…
Gemeinsame Themen: English Authors, British and irish fiction, English literature, Biography & Memoir
Der unkommerzielle Reisende
A collection of seventeen sketches which grew out of Dickens' insomnia. He took long walks through London at night and his observations resulted in these sketches.
Gemeinsame Themen: British and irish fiction, English literature, History
Eine Verteidigung der Rechte der Frau
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Writing in an age when the call for the rights of man had brought revolution to America and France, Mary Wollstonecraft produced her own declaration of female independence in 1792. Passionate and forthright, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman attacked the prevailing view of docile, decorative femininity, and instead laid out the principles of emancipation: an equal education for…
Gemeinsame Themen: Social and moral questions, Women, History
Die Dichtwerke des John Dryden
Oxford edition.The facsimiles are reproductions of title-pages of earlier editions.
Gemeinsame Themen: English Authors, British and irish fiction, English literature, Biography & Memoir
Die Bostonianer
First published in 1886, The Bostonians is one of James' wittiest social satires. It begins with the arrival in Boston of Basil Ransom, in search of a career. The book turns on the relationship between Ransom, a conservative civil war veteran, his feminist cousin Olive Chancellor, and Verena Tarrant, a newcomer to their circle whose affections are sought by both Olive and Basil.James' ambivalence…
Gemeinsame Themen: Feminists, Women
Frauen und Wirtschaft
Women and Economics is Gilman's most original and famous work of nonfiction. In it she examines the origins of women's subordination and its function in society. Woman, she argues, makes a living by marriage - not by the work she does - and thus man becomes her economic environment. As a consequence, her "female" attributes dominate her "human" qualities because they determine her…
Gemeinsame Themen: Social and moral questions, Women, History