Christopher and Columbus

Description: Yesterday's Muse, Inc. presents ... Christopher and Columbus Author:Von Arnim, Elizabeth Publisher:Doubleday, Page & Company Release Date:1919 Seller Category:-- Qty Available:1 Condition:Used: Good Sku: 2335985 Notes: No jacket. Spine toned with surface tears and loss to spine head, rear board faded, page ridges foxed, front hinge starting, pencil gift note on front free endpaper. 1919 Hard Cover. 435 pp. A classic novel in which two sisters voyage to America during World War I. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Bettina von Arnim, byname of Elisabeth Katharina Ludovica Magdalena von Arnim, née Brentano, (born April 4, 1785, Frankfurt am Main [Germany]—died Jan. 20, 1859, Berlin, Prussia), one of the outstanding figures of German Romanticism, memorable not only for her books but also for the personality they reflect. All of her writings, whatever their ostensible themes, are essentially self-portraits. Von Arnim was unconventional to the point of eccentricity; wayward, yet a loyal wife (she married Achim von Arnim in 1811) and a devoted mother to her seven children; susceptible and passionate, but jealous of her personal freedom; capable of enthusiastic devotion, yet absorbed in a cult of her own personality, which verged on narcissism. These paradoxes in her nature she projected into her books. Her three best-known works are rearranged and retouched records of her correspondence with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Goethes Briefwechsel mit einem Kinde, 1835; “Goethe’s Correspondence with a Child”), with Karoline von Günderode (Die Günderode, 1840), and with her brother Clemens Brentano (Clemens Brentanos Frühlingskranz, 1844; “Clemens Brentano’s Spring Garland”). The result of her editing is a peculiar blend of documentation and fiction, written in a brilliantly vivid, uninhibited style. Her mother, Maximiliane, née von La Roche, and Goethe had been friends before and after Maximiliane’s marriage; this friendship ended abruptly when it aroused her husband’s jealousy, and 35 years later her daughter took her place. Von Arnim idolized Goethe (who was 57 when she first met him); she had frequently visited Goethe’s mother in Frankfurt and recorded tales of the poet’s childhood. (Goethe later used her notes when he was writing his autobiography, Dichtung und Wahrheit.) She pursued Goethe with her attentions until 1811, when a public quarrel between her and Goethe’s wife, Christiane, caused Goethe to disavow her. - Britannica Don't forget to check out other great deals in our eBay Store!!

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