Virginal Mother in German Culture

Presents an analysis of the contradictory obsession with female virginity and idealization of maternal nature in Germany from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries. Lauren Nossett explores how the ideal of woman as both a sexless and maternal being led to the creation of a unique figure in German literature: the virginal mother.

Prezinta o analiza a obsesiei contradictorii cu virginitatea feminina si idealizarea naturii materne in Germania de la sfarsitul secolului al XVIII-lea pana la inceputul secolului al XX-lea. Lauren Nossett exploreaza modul in care idealul femeii atat ca fiinta sexuala, cat si materna a dus la crearea unei figuri unice in literatura germana: mama virgina.