The drama of divorce: Marriage crises and their resolution in German drama around 1900

Karl Leydecker

doi:10.1023/A:1012926711675

The drama of divorce: Marriage crises and their resolution in German drama around 1900

Karl Leydecker^*

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University of Stirling

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Whereas in the Realist literary system (c.1850-1890) divorce was a taboo subject, in the 1890s the depiction of marriage crises and their resolution becomes a key topos in German drama. This article identifies a series of conditions which allowed dramatists to present divorce in a positive light in their plays and sheds light on the transition between Realism and Modernism and on the relationship between literary history and social history during this period.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	101-117
Number of pages	17
Journal	Neophilologus
Volume	86
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012926711675
Publication status	Published - Jan 2002
Externally published	Yes

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