Early Modern Womens Work

Early Modern Women's Work examines the contributions of female writers, artists, scientists, religious leaders, and patrons who engaged in entrepreneurial, intellectual, and emotional labor in German-speaking Europe.

Autorentext

Patricia Anne Simpson is Professor of German at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her research interests encompass the literature and history of German-speaking Europe, from early modernity to the present. Her recent monograph, German Empires and Decolonial Fantasies, 1492-1942 (2025), engages German colonial entanglements and the narratives they generated from the perspective of contemporary critical race theory.

Klappentext

Early Modern Women's Work examines the contributions of female writers, artists, scientists, religious leaders, and patrons who engaged in entrepreneurial, intellectual, and emotional labor in German-speaking Europe.

Inhalt

Introduction: Early Modern Women's Work: Kinship, Community, and Social Justice

Chapter One: Emotional Labor: The Work of Mourning

Chapter Two: Acts of Faith: Maternality and Management

Chapter Three: Writing for Your Life: Refuge and Precarity

Chapter Four: Collaborations: Engendering Literary Identities

Chapter Five: Kinship: "Amateurs" of Nature and Imitation

Conclusion: Early Modern Lexicons: Gendered Communities and Social Justice

Selected Readings

Index