Der Briefwechsel zwischen Achim von Arnim und Bettine Brentano, dem preußischen adligen Schriftsteller und der genialischen Frankfurter Kaufmannstochter, ist hier vollständig, nach sämtlichen Autographen neu gelesen, abgedruckt. Dabei wurden nicht nur zahlreiche ausgelassene Passagen endlich aufgenommen, sondern auch eine Unmenge von Lesefehlern bereinigt, z.B. korrekt „Pécatillen“ statt „Praktiken“, „Cocon“ statt „Keramik.“ Die Adressen und Stempel führen den Postenlauf vors Auge, der sich durch Kriegsumstände, aber auch durch zunehmende Bürokratie im Lauf der Jahre verlangsamte. Eine Fülle von Zeitgenossen ist in den Briefen genannt, auch hier gibt es viele Entdeckungen, wie etwa den Hanauer Maler Pelissier. Malerei, Musik und Architektur beschäftigte Arnim wie Bettine, - neben der Dichtung; Goethe war beiden dafür ein erhoffter Dialogpartner. Im Zentrum des Ehelebens standen die Kinder, für die Arnim als moderner Landwirt auf Repräsentation verzichtete. Bettine hingegen nahm zunehmend am Berliner Salongeschehen teil.

Bettine Brentano und Achim von Arnim und ihre Begegnungen im Rheingau sind Legende. Das Brentanohaus in Winkel bewahrt Erinnerungen und Zeugnisse aus dieser Zeit auf. Aus Briefen und Gedichten, die dort geschrieben wurden, entsteht ein lebendiges Bild des Lebens an Rhein und Main zu dieser Zeit und auch vom Leben der beiden Protagonisten der Romantik. Im Brentanohaus in Winkel im Rheingau war Bettine oft bei ihrer Familie zu Gast und die Begegnungen Bettines und Arnims in Winkel waren voller Poesie. Arnim wurde zu Gedichten angeregt - eines beginnt verheißungsvoll: "Du halbgeschloss'ne Blüth'" Die Autorin, Dr. Renate Moering, führt uns in die Zeit ein und vermittelt ein lebendiges Bild der beiden Romantiker, ihrer Briefe und ihrer Reisen.

This historical-critical edition of the works of Ludwig Achim von Arnim (1781-1831) is being published in collaboration with the Weimar Classicism Foundation, and will comprise approximately 40 volumes. A complete critical edition of the poetic, discursive, and epistolary works of this great Romantic and early modern man has hitherto been lacking. It is the objective of this edition to present the complete production of a writer who combined realism, fantastic inventiveness, and symbolic meaning in an incomparable manner, and who was involved in the issues of all areas of his age. An additional aim is to illuminate the context of von Arnim’s life and times. The edition is being offered on a subscription basis until the publication of the final volume.

This historical-critical edition of the works of Ludwig Achim von Arnim (1781-1831) is being published in collaboration with the Weimar Classicism Foundation, and will comprise approximately 40 volumes. A complete critical edition of the poetic, discursive, and epistolary works of this great Romantic and early modern man has hitherto been lacking. It is the objective of this edition to present the complete production of a writer who combined realism, fantastic inventiveness, and symbolic meaning in an incomparable manner, and who was involved in the issues of all areas of his age. An additional aim is to illuminate the context of von Arnim’s life and times. The edition is being offered on a subscription basis until the publication of the final volume.

This historical-critical edition of the works of Ludwig Achim von Arnim (1781-1831) is being published in collaboration with the Weimar Classicism Foundation, and will comprise approximately 40 volumes. A complete critical edition of the poetic, discursive, and epistolary works of this great Romantic and early modern man has hitherto been lacking. It is the objective of this edition to present the complete production of a writer who combined realism, fantastic inventiveness, and symbolic meaning in an incomparable manner, and who was involved in the issues of all areas of his age. An additional aim is to illuminate the context of von Arnim’s life and times. The edition is being offered on a subscription basis until the publication of the final volume.

This historical-critical edition of the works of Ludwig Achim von Arnim (1781-1831) is being published in collaboration with the Weimar Classicism Foundation, and will comprise approximately 40 volumes. A complete critical edition of the poetic, discursive, and epistolary works of this great Romantic and early modern man has hitherto been lacking. It is the objective of this edition to present the complete production of a writer who combined realism, fantastic inventiveness, and symbolic meaning in an incomparable manner, and who was involved in the issues of all areas of his age. An additional aim is to illuminate the context of von Arnim’s life and times. The edition is being offered on a subscription basis until the publication of the final volume.

This historical-critical edition of the works of Ludwig Achim von Arnim (1781-1831) is being published in collaboration with the Weimar Classicism Foundation, and will comprise approximately 40 volumes. A complete critical edition of the poetic, discursive, and epistolary works of this great Romantic and early modern man has hitherto been lacking. It is the objective of this edition to present the complete production of a writer who combined realism, fantastic inventiveness, and symbolic meaning in an incomparable manner, and who was involved in the issues of all areas of his age. An additional aim is to illuminate the context of von Arnim’s life and times. The edition is being offered on a subscription basis until the publication of the final volume.