Denise Della Rossa

Associate Professional Specialist
Department of German and Russian Languages and Literatures

Degrees

B.A., Montana State University, Bozeman; M.A., Mississippi State University, Starkville; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison

Research Profile

Della Rossa's research on nineteenth-century German women’s writing examines the role of “newspaper literature” in providing women a voice in the public sphere and the process by which women developed a literary consciousness. Specifically, she has published on the role of biography in the creation of a women's history and the function of literacy criticism in female "Bildung". She is currently working on the concept of the "female genius" in nineteenth-century Germany and the female allegorical figure of the "Austria" in Austrian cultural imagination.

Contact Information

334 Decio Faculty Hall
631-2216
dellarossa.1@nd.edu