Das weibliche Arbeitsethos in Carl Hauptmanns letzten Prosatexten: Das Kostümgenie und Wer sah je diese arme Marthe?
The Female Work Ethos in Carl Hauptmann's Late Prose: Das Kostümgenie and Wer sah je diese arme Marthe?
Author(s): Mirosława CzarneckaSubject(s): Gender history, German Literature, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Keywords: the "new woman"; the woman at work; the myth of the modern actress; the figure of the seamstress; gender discourse in the interwar period;
Summary/Abstract: This essay addresses the female work ethic in Carl Hauptmann's last stories: The Costume Genius (1920) and Who ever saw this poor Marthe? (1920). With these texts, the author inscribes himself into the current discussion about women in the labor market and makes an important contribution to the gender discourse of the interwar period.
Journal: Germanica Wratislaviensia
- Issue Year: 150/2025
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 27-36
- Page Count: 10
- Language: German
