Bettina von Arnim - Works

Poet, born in Frankfurt (am Main), WC Germany. Perhaps the leading female representative of the early Romantic period, she was the daughter of Maximiliane La Roche, sister of Clemens Brentano, and married Achim von Arnim in 1811. She is known for her correspondence with figures such as Goethe, her own brother, and Karoline von Günderode. Although based on fact, this was recast in literary form through her lively imagination.

Bettina von Arnim (the Countess of Arnim) (4 April 1785, Frankfurt am Main – 20 January 1859, Berlin), born as Elisabeth Catharina Ludovica Magdalena Brentano, was a German writer and novelist.

Bettina von Arnim was closely related to the German writers Clemens Brentano and Achim von Arnim: the first was her brother, the second her husband.

Bettina's Briefwechsel mit einem Kinde was a published volume of letters between her and the renowned author, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, that depicted a mutual romance.

The life of Bettina von Arnim, particularly her relationship with Goethe, was explored at length by the Franco-Czech author Milan Kundera in his novel Immortality.

Works

Briefwechsel mit einem Kinde, 1835 (Correspondence with a Child – English translation) Die Günderode, 1840 Dies Buch gehört dem König, 1843 Clemens Brentanos Frühlingskranz, 1844 An die aufgelöste Preußische Nationalversammlung, 1849

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopaedia.