Rahel Varnhagen: the life of a Jewess.
TitoloRahel Varnhagen: the life of a Jewess.
Autore
Call number920.0092924/0036
Numero oggetto08811
Luogo di pubblicazioneLondon, England
EditoreEast and West Library
Anno di pubblicazione
1957
Paginazionexiv,222p.,bibliography
MaterialeBook
SeriePublications of the Leo Baeck Institute
Descrizione
Born in Berlin in 1771 as the daughter of a Jewish merchant, Rahel Varnhagen hosted one of the most prominent salons of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Arendt discovered her writings some time in the mid-1920s and soon began to reimagine Rahel's inner life and write her biography