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I Just Let Life Rain Down on Me: Selected Letters and Reflections by Varnhagen
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- “Pre-owned, good condition”
- Publication Date
- 2024-06-05
- ISBN
- 9781803093369
- Pages
- 232
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Seagull Books
ISBN-10
1803093366
ISBN-13
9781803093369
eBay Product ID (ePID)
17062946490
Product Key Features
Book Title
I Just Let Life Rain Down on Me : Selected Letters and Reflections
Number of Pages
232 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2024
Topic
Letters, Jewish Studies
Genre
Social Science, Literary Collections
Book Series
The German List Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
18.6 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"The title of each extract is drawn from the text (e.g. "if only I could open myself to people the way one opens a cabinet"); along with aphorisms Wortsman lifts from the letters, which highlights Levin Varnhagen's wit."
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
838.609
Table Of Content
Foreword: Return to Sender, the Letters of Rahel Levin Varnhagen Recollections of Rahel, by Karl August Varnhagen von Ense (1830) 1. Letters to Family 2. Letters to David Veit 3. Letters to Various Friends 4. Grappling with Goethe and Other Contemporary Authors of Note, and Other Literary Reflections 5. Letters to and Recollections Noted by Karl August Varnhagen von Ense 6. Reflections (Selected Journal Notations and Remembered Conversations) 7. Aphorisms 8. Memorable Dreams 9. Last Words Acknowledgements
Synopsis
A personal look into the mind of one of Europe's first and foremost women of letters. At times poetic but not a poem, prosaic but not an essay, a letter is often pure writing for writing's sake. Such is the case for Rahel Varnhagen von Ense, née Levin, the illustrious German-Jewish Berlin literary salon hostess from the early nineteenth century. She penned over ten thousand letters to more than three hundred recipients, including princes, philosophers, poets, family members, and the family cook. Written with a wink at posterity, collected and first published after her passing by her husband, Karl August Varnhagen von Ense, these letters constitute a singular contribution to German literature. Varied in subject--from family affairs to linguistic, literary, and pressing social concerns--the poignant lyricism of her letters is all the more remarkable when we take into account that High German was not her first language; she grew up speaking, reading, and writing primarily Yiddish. Her shaky social status as a woman and a member of a precarious minority, combined with an astounding lucidity and a rare capacity to put her thoughts into words, made her a force to be reckoned with in her lifetime and thereafter as one of Germany's preeminent women of letters. As we see in I Just Let Life Rain Down on Me , her voice is as fresh and original as that of any of the recognized poets and thinkers of her day. As Rahel herself put it: "[O]ur language is our lived life; I invented mine for my own purposes, I was less able than many others to make use of preconceived turns of phrase, which is why mine are often clumsy, and in all respects faulty, but always true." Compiled and translated by Peter Wortsman, this rewarding volume affords English-speaking readers the first privileged peek at the mindset of one of Europe's first and foremost women of letters.
LC Classification Number
PT2546.V22A83 2024
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