The Humboldts' Marriage and the Gendering of Intellectual Space

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McNeely, Ian F.

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Analyzes the letters of Wilhelm and Caroline von Humboldt, written 1808-1810, which bear witness to the gestation of modern academia within a state shattered by Napoleon’s conquests. This paper aims to show how activities associated with Bildung (scholarship, art collecting, child-rearing) became gendered during this period.

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Paper given at the German Studies Association in Milwaukee, WI, October 2, 2005.

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Humboldt, Wilhelm von, Humboldt, Caroline von, Bildung, Marriage--History

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