%0 Journal Article
%T Warring Pleasures and their Price: Sex in the City in Irmgard Keun'S Das Kunstseidene Mädchen and Andrea Maria Schenkel's Kalteis
%J German life and letters
%D 2009
%A Boa, Elizabeth
%V 62
%N 3
%P 343-358
%X This essay explores connections between the literary representation of women's pleasure, the aesthetic evaluation of fiction perceived as pleasurable reading for women, and sex/gender discourse stretching back to the eighteenth century as the age which saw the beginnings of a recognisably modern literary market. These reflections provide a framework to consider the kinds of pleasure offered by two novels, one from the last century and one recent best-seller, which portray pleasure-seeking women in the city and what happens to them.<p />
%G 
%I John Wiley and Sons
%@ 0016-8777
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0483.2009.01468.x