Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach and the Women of Action

Abstract

Ebner von Eschenbach is one of the first Austrian female authors who focus systematically on female protagonists. The lecture draws a picture of her "women of action" on the examples from the novella Mašláň's Wife.

Keywords

• Active female literary protagonists
• Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
• 19th century Austrian literature