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A Cosmopolitan Salon‐Hostess: Friederike Brun's Revision of Schiller in Idas ästhetische Entwickelung (1824)*
Author(s) -
Brekke Tone
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
literature compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.158
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 1741-4113
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-4113.2004.00082.x
Subject(s) - german , salon , danish , romance , literature , biography , art , romanticism , art history , philosophy , history , archaeology , linguistics
Although until recently overlooked by both the Danish and German literary canons, the Danish‐German poet, travelogue‐writer, and salon‐hostess Friederike Brun (1765–1835) was an important figure in the continental romantic movement. Known for her cosmopolitan stance and travel writing, Brun also engaged in a gendered critique of German idealist philosophy, as exemplified by her autobiography's revision of Schiller's theory of aesthetic education.