Both a biography and a cultural history of an era, this is the story of Fanny Von Arnstein, a Jewish woman living in Vienna during the Age of Enlightenment. Associating with the city's elite who attended her salon, she became known for her efforts to liberate the Jewish population.

Fanny Von Arnstein: A Daughter of the Enlightenment 1758-1818

Spiel, Hilde

Biographies & Memoirs

Berg Pub Ltd.

Vienna's Golden Autumn 1866-1938

History

Europe

Grove Pr

In Austrian literary circles, Hilde Spiel (1911-1990) is known as the grande dame of post-war Austrian literature. Published widely in both English and German, she is remembered as a critic, essayist, and prose writer. Spiel left Austria for London in October 1936 to join Peter de Mendelssohn, who had asked her to marry him. While her initial move to London was by choice, the German Anschluss in March 1938 made return to Austria impossible, at least while the National Socialists were in power. In this book Spiel chronicles her return trip to Austria in January 1946, in British uniform as a war correspondent for the ;New Statesman;, after a ten-year absence. The author approaches Vienna with feelings of trepidation and estrangement. Expecting a difficult reunion, she prepares herself mentally. However, her steely resolve is worn down through the confrontation with her former haunts. As she travels through the city, Spiel compares the post-war ruins and the population with the city she knew from her youth. The contrast reveals her ambivalence toward Austria and the Austrians. At the same time, she presents a microcosm of Vienna, highlighting the ways in which many non-Jewish Austrians saw themselves as victims.;Return to Vienna; captures the feelings of a person caught between two worlds, belonging to both and to neither. This position allows Spiel to step back and reflect on both worlds.

Return to Vienna: A Journal (Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture, and Thought)

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Ariadne Pr

<p>Berlin-born Fanny von Arnstein married a financier to the Austro-Hungarian imperial court, and in 1798 her husband became the first unconverted Jew in Austria to be granted the title of baron. Soon Fanny hosted an ever more splendid salon which attracted the leading figures of her day, including Madame de Staël and Arthur Schopenhauer. Hilde Spiel's carefully researched biography provides a vivid portrait of a brave and passionate woman, illuminating a central era in European cultural and social history.</p>

Fanny von Arnstein: Daughter of the Enlightenment

Arts & Literature

New Vessel Press

Die hellen und die finsteren Zeiten: Erinnerungen 1911-1914 (German Edition)

List

Fanny von Arnstein oder Die Emanzipation: Ein Frauenleben an der Zeitenwende 1758-1818

Community & Culture

FISCHER Taschenbuch

Rückkehr nach Wien: Ein Tagebuch

Milena Verlag

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