@article {Luly180, author = {Sara Luly}, title = {Emasculating Fear: Gothic and Gender in Caroline de la Motte Fouqu{\'e}{\textquoteright}s Der Cypressenkranz}, volume = {104}, number = {2}, pages = {180--193}, year = {2012}, doi = {10.1353/mon.2012.0035}, publisher = {University of Wisconsin Press}, abstract = {In the wake of the Wars of Liberation, many conservative female writers, including Caroline de la Motte Fouqu{\'e}, addressed what they perceived as a crisis of masculinity. Fouqu{\'e}{\textquoteright}s Gothic text Der Cypressenkranz (1816) can be read within the context of contemporary concerns regarding gender ambiguity. This article will explore Fouqu{\'e}{\textquoteright}s use of the Gothic mode to articulate the anxiety and fear surrounding the perceived loss of masculinity. Fouqu{\'e}{\textquoteright}s employment of Gothic motifs, which were well established by the time of the text{\textquoteright}s publication, is innovative in her ability to establish and subsequently undermine genre expectations. Der Cypressenkranz therefore constitutes a unique contribution to German Gothic literature and to contemporary discussions of masculinity. (SL)}, issn = {0026-9271}, URL = {https://mon.uwpress.org/content/104/2/180}, eprint = {https://mon.uwpress.org/content/104/2/180.full.pdf}, journal = {Monatshefte} }