The child murderer in Emmy Hennings’ novels Gefängnis (Prison, 1919) and Das Haus im Schatten (The House in Shadow, 1929/30)
This article will highlight Hennings’s attitude towards motherhood and social expectations about female duties and the natural call of women by analysing her portraits of child-murdering women in Gefängnis (‘Prison’) and Das Haus im Schatten (‘The House in Shadow’).
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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2024
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| Résumé: | This article will highlight Hennings’s attitude towards motherhood and social expectations about female duties and the natural call of women by analysing her portraits of child-murdering women in Gefängnis (‘Prison’) and Das Haus im Schatten (‘The House in Shadow’). |
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