Older historians aren't free of prejudice twoards the memoirs of the sister of their victorious King.
Heh, yay, call them out!
drinking enforcement (I had forgotten this happens to Wilhelmine as well at one point!)
I think I must have blocked this one out (if I got that far). Geez, FW.
J. points out the structure and repeated cycles typical for the Memoirs:
Wow, ugh. I did subconsciously notice that, because while I didn't realize it consciously, when you wrote the cycle out I was nodding and going "yup, yup, that was exactly what happened."
J. deduces mixed feelings from narrator Wilhelmine - on the one hand, there's (barely concealed) envy for the more distant relationship the younger sibs have towards their parents, on the other, there's the need to believe that this is solely possible because they love (and are loved) less, that the sisters have given up the ability to love in order to achieve this immunity.
That makes a lot of sense, that she's got to rationalize and in some sense validate the relationship she has with her parents. UGH.
Her Memoirs can be understood as an attempt to render an atmosphere of emotional violence which she perceived as inescapable, with experiences and memories becoming condensed. The text of the Memoirs thus can be understood as another arena in which said violence is (re)experienced.
In other words, as you and mildred would say: therapy via memoir! :P
Re: Claudia Jarzebowski: Violence and Experience. Thoughts about the Memoirs of Wilhelmine of Bayreu
Older historians aren't free of prejudice twoards the memoirs of the sister of their victorious King.
Heh, yay, call them out!
drinking enforcement (I had forgotten this happens to Wilhelmine as well at one point!)
I think I must have blocked this one out (if I got that far). Geez, FW.
J. points out the structure and repeated cycles typical for the Memoirs:
Wow, ugh. I did subconsciously notice that, because while I didn't realize it consciously, when you wrote the cycle out I was nodding and going "yup, yup, that was exactly what happened."
J. deduces mixed feelings from narrator Wilhelmine - on the one hand, there's (barely concealed) envy for the more distant relationship the younger sibs have towards their parents, on the other, there's the need to believe that this is solely possible because they love (and are loved) less, that the sisters have given up the ability to love in order to achieve this immunity.
That makes a lot of sense, that she's got to rationalize and in some sense validate the relationship she has with her parents. UGH.
Her Memoirs can be understood as an attempt to render an atmosphere of emotional violence which she perceived as inescapable, with experiences and memories becoming condensed. The text of the Memoirs thus can be understood as another arena in which said violence is (re)experienced.
In other words, as you and mildred would say: therapy via memoir! :P