Title Grete Meisel-Hess : the new woman and the sexual crisis / Helga Thorson

Published Rochester, New York : Camden House, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 278 pages) : illustrations Series Women and gender in German studies Contents Introduction: Breaking with the past, forging the future -- The new woman of the early twentieth century -- Feminism and Jewishness in Viennese literary modernism -- Theorizing the sexual crisis through journalism and sexology -- Effecting change through literature : Die Intellektuellen (1911) -- Sexual sociology during the First World War -- Conclusion: Living the sexual crisis Summary "Grete Meisel-Hess (1879-1922), a contemporary of Freud, Schnitzler, and Klimt, was a feminist voice in early-twentieth-century modernist discourse. Born in Prague to Jewish parents and raised in Vienna, she became a literary presence with her 1902 novel Fanny Roth. Influenced by many of her contemporaries, she also criticized their notions of gender and sexuality. Relocating to Berlin, she continued to write fiction and began publishing on sexology and the women's movement. Helga Thorson's book combines a literary-cultural exploration of modernism in Vienna and Berlin with a biography of Meisel-Hess and a critical analysis of her works. Focusing on Meisel-Hess's negotiations of feminism, modernism, and Jewishness, it illustrates the dynamic interplay between gender, sexuality, and race/ethnicity in Austrian and German modernism. Analyzing Meisel-Hess's fiction as well as her sexological studies, Thorson argues that Meisel-Hess posited herself as both a "New Woman" and the writer of the "New Woman." The book draws on extensive archival research that uncovered new sources including an unpublished drama, letters scattered in various collections across Europe, and Meisel-Hess's medical history. Until now there have been only limited secondary sources about Meisel-Hess, most containing errors and omissions regarding her biography. This is the first book on Meisel-Hess in English"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject Meisel-Hess, Grete, 1879-1922 -- Criticism and interpretation Meisel-Hess, Grete, 1879-1922 Women authors, German -- 20th century -- Biography German literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism German literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism German literature -- Jewish authors -- History and criticism Feminist literature -- Germany -- History and criticism Modernism (Literature) -- Germany Sexology -- Germany -- History -- 20th century Feminist literature German literature German literature -- Jewish authors German literature -- Women authors Modernism (Literature) Sexology Women authors, German Germany Genre/Form Biographies Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book LC no. 2022010251 ISBN 9781800106512 1800106513 9781800106505 1800106505

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