Lesung: Undine – und ein romantisches Schriftstellerpaar

In the organizer's words:

Today, the works of the writing couple Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1777-1843) and Caroline von Briest (1774-1831) have fallen into oblivion; only Friedrich Fouqué's fairy tale Undine is still known due to its musical settings (E.T.A. Hoffmann, Albert Lortzing). But it is worth rediscovering!

Both were incredibly prolific authors and occupied a firm place in the field of romantic light fiction. While Friedrich Fouqué wrote prose works as well as poetry, verse epics and dramas, Caroline Fouqué confined herself to novels and short stories; she also wrote about girls' education and cultural-historical texts such as a history of fashions. The only work they published together was a memoir of their trip to Bohemia in 1823.

The couple lived on the von Briest estate in Nennhausen, which Caroline Fouqué managed for her son from her first marriage after the death of her father. There they maintained a convivial circle that included not only their aristocratic neighbors and city dignitaries but also writer friends such as August Wilhelm Schlegel, Karl August Varnhagen, E.T.A. Hoffmann and Wilhelm von Humboldt.

Dr. Barbara Gribnitz, research associate at the Kleist Museum Foundation, will introduce the almost forgotten writer couple of the Romantic period and read from selected texts.

We look forward to discussing Caroline de la Motte Fouqué's astonishingly modern biography, role models 200 years ago and the question of how it feels to survive one's own fame. Of course, books can also be purchased on site.

Free admission, donations requested.

How does a culturalseasonday work?

1. from 14:00 the culture café is open and there is coffee, cake and hearty snacks.

2. you can view the currentexhibition of the artist Marion Hermann

https://kultursaison-steinhoefel.de/event/vernissage-marion-hermann-malerei/

3. at 17:30 we will have a small, short seating.

4.the reading begins at 18:00

Price information:

Admission free, donations requested.