En retorisk analys av Johan Vilhelm Snellmans och Malla Silfverstolpes följdskrifter till Carl Jonas Love Almqvists roman Det går an..

The essay deals with the idea of melancholia as an exclusively male feeling associated with geniality and eminence, as it is shown in the letters of three romantic men. These letters were written by the philosopher Benjamin Höijer, the poet P.D.A Atterbom, and the musician Adolf Fredrik Lindblad to their female friends Henriette von Rosenstein, Euphrosyne, and Malla Silfverstolpe. Romantic masculinity is a neglected topic that is in need of further research. An essential characteristic of romanticism is the appreciation of feeling. According to the traditional dualistic gender division though, women represented sensibility, while men instead were associated with reason.

AbstractEllen Persson: Kvinnligt musicerande i Uppsalasalongerna 1820-1840. En studie av kvinnors musikutövning i Malla Silverstolpes och Erik Gustaf Geijers salonger. ? Uppsala universitet: Musikvetenskap 2004. C-uppsats.Syftet med denna uppsats är att granska kvinnors musicerande i den borgerliga salongskulturen under 1820-40-talen i Uppsala.