The virginal mother in German culture : from Sophie von La Roche and Goethe to Metropolis / by Nossett, Lauren, 1986-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The emergence of the virginal mother in the eighteenth century -- The creation of the virginal mother: Sophie von La Roche's The history of Lady Sophia Sternheim -- The ideal virgin and the failed mother: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's The sorrows of young Werther, Wilhelm Meister's apprenticeship, and Faust I -- The popular virginal mother: E. …”
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