The Women Writers In Schiller's Horen

Patrons, Petticoats, and the Promotion of Weimar BTCassicism
Examines the integral role that six female authors played in Schiller's ambitious literary journal, ""Die Horen"" (1795-97). Beyond a critical discussion of the women's publications in Schiller's journal, this work addresses the range of problems associated with women's writing and publishing during the late eighteenth century.
This work examines the integral role that six female authors played in Schiller's ambitious literary journal, ""Die Horen"" (1795-97). Louise Brachmann, Friederike Brun, Amalie von Imhoff, Sophie Mereau, Elisa von der Recke, and Caroline von Wolzogen helped put the journal back on track when it floundered fiscally and programmatically and their literary contributions were among the most successful the journal ever received. Beyond a critical discussion of the women's publications in Schiller's journal, this work addresses the range of problems associated with women's writing and publishing during the late eighteenth century, the aesthetics of Weimar Classicism, Schiller, and to a lesser degree, Goethe, as patrons, and the interpretation of literary history.