Bettina von Arnim was a multitalented, spirlited woman who participated in the cultural, social, economic, and political revolutions of her lifetime, recorded them in her documentary-style fictional w...
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In the following excerpt, Waldstein refutes the common critical dismissal of Arnim's political writing as the work of a dilettante.
The connection between Bettine von Arnim's cultural...
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In the following essay, Waldstein examines Goethe's Correspondence with a Child and Günderode, claiming that the difficulty critics have had classifying Arnim's work is due to the...
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In the following essay, Goodman discusses Arnim's radical views on gender, claiming that Arnim rejected the traditional alignment of male and female traits as binary oppositions in favor of mor...
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In the following essay, Härtl explores the connections between Arnim's work and that of the Young Hegelians, particularly David Friedrich Strauß, and the attacks on both by the Pr...
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In the following essay, Baldwin discusses Arnim's efforts on behalf of Germany's Jewish population in obtaining social and political freedom.
In Bettina Brentano-von Arnim's fa...
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In the following essay, Blackwell discusses Gritta, written by Arnim and her daughter, as a story that reverses traditional fairy-tale conventions by representing females as active agents rather than ...
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In the following essay, Morris-Keitel considers “Tale of the Lucky Purse” as an example of a hybrid genre that combines a fairy-tale narrative and a dialogue with a royal audience.
Int...
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In the following essay, Fry discusses the way Arnim and Fuller, as talented women operating within the restrictions of their respective cultures, found inspiration for new versions of female identity ...
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Bettina von Arnim
Critical Essay by Edith Waldstein
