1913. With an introduction by Havelock Ellis. Varnhagen lived during the crucial period of assimilation in Germany, when it seemed imperative for Jews to escape their Jewishness. From the Preface: The following pages are not a study in literary history; no search has been made for new authorities, and no stress is laid on literal accuracy in the case of the sources that have been used. Such a work was within neither the aim nor the compass of this book. My aim has been to give a portrait of the greatest woman the Jewish ...
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1913. With an introduction by Havelock Ellis. Varnhagen lived during the crucial period of assimilation in Germany, when it seemed imperative for Jews to escape their Jewishness. From the Preface: The following pages are not a study in literary history; no search has been made for new authorities, and no stress is laid on literal accuracy in the case of the sources that have been used. Such a work was within neither the aim nor the compass of this book. My aim has been to give a portrait of the greatest woman the Jewish race has produced; to my mind also the greatest woman Germany can call her daughter. Contents: Origin; Personality; Love; Religion; Fellow-feeling; Social Life; Goethe; Sense of Beauty; and Letters.
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Good Plus. No Jacket. 312pp. Intro: Havelock Ellis. Translated from the Swedish by Arthur G. Chater. Letters of a Jewish woman, Rahel Varnhagen, who was considered "the first great and modern woman in German culture". (loc 824/1)
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Biography of a woman , born in Germany, raised to be a submissive jewish female, who defied her heritage, and as a christian became a spirited hostess in salons where contemporary writers and creative minds shared ideas. A true story written by Ellen Key, who was herself a fighter for womans' rights in the early 20th century.