Bettina und Achim von Arnim. Eine fast romantische Ehe by Dagmar von Gersdorff ISBN 13: 9783871342882

Berlin: Rowohlt. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 3871342882 . Signed by Author; Only slight wear to dust jacket; A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar. Text in German ; B&W Illustrations; 0.87 x 8.11 x 5.2 Inches; 206 pages; "Arnim (1781 – 1831) was influenced by the earlier writings of Goethe and Herder, from which he learned to appreciate the beauties of German traditional legends and folk songs. Forming a collection of these, published the result (1806–1808), in collaboration with Clemens Brentano under the title Des Knaben Wunderhorn. He married Brentano's sister Bettina in 1811, who won wide recognition as a writer in her own right, and their daughter Gisela (one of seven children) became a writer as well." .

Rowohlt, Germany: Berlin Verlag, 1997. Hardcover. VG (Previous owner's name inscribed on front flyleaf, dj wrinkled at bottom edge.). Charteuse paper boards, white & illus. dust jacket, 207 pp., 23 BW illus. Text is in German. Tells the fascinating story of a literary couple of Germany: Bettina Brentano (1785-1859) and Achim von Arnim (1781-1831), who married in 1811. Both were writers; and Achim penned more than 2,000 poems.