Author:Rahel Varnhagen
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German writer of Jewish descent who hosted one of the most prominent salons in Europe during the late 18th and early 19th centuries
Rahel Varnhagen von Ense
Works[edit]
- Denkblätter einer Berlinerin (1830)
Articles[edit]
Various articles were printed in Das Morgenblatt, Das Schweizerische Museum, and Der Gesellschafter
Letters[edit]
- Her correspondence with David Veit and with Varnhagen von Ense was published in Leipzig, in 1861 and 1874–1875 respectively.
- Letters to Caroline de la Motte Fouqué (1812), translated by Kate Vaughan Jennings (external scan)
Works about Varnhagen[edit]
- Schmidt-Weissenfels, Rahel und Ihre Zeit, Leipsic, 1857
- Mrs. Vaughan Jennings, Rahel, Her Life and Letters, London, 1876
- Assing, Aus Rahels Herzensleben, ib. 1877
- Kayserling, Die Jüdischen Frauen, pp. 208 et seq., Leipsic, 1879
- Varnhagen, Karl August, Rahel, ein Buch des Andenkens für Ihre Freunde, Berlin, 1833
- Varnhagen, Karl August, Galerie von Bildnissen aus Rahel's Umgang und Briefwechsel, Leipsic, 1836
- Berdrow, Rahel Varnhagen: Ein Lebens- und Zeitbild, Stuttgart, 1900.
- Rahel Varnhagen: The Life of a Jewess (1958), by Hannah Arendt
- The Pity of It All: A History of the Jews in Germany, 1743-1933 (2002), by Amos Elon. pp.76-81. ISBN 0805059644
Encyclopedic material[edit]
- "Rahel Levin," in The Jewish Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Isidore Singer, New York and London: Funk and Wagnalls (1901-06)
- "Varnhagen von Ense, Karl August," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Varnhagen von Ense, Rahel," in The Encyclopedia Americana, New York: The Encyclopedia Americana Corporation (1920)
Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.
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