Cornelia Schlosser: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added

Inline

Revision as of 20:05, 12 June 2014

Familie Goethe in Schäfertracht 1762. Cornelia ganz rechts

Cornelia Friederica Christiana Schlosser née Goethe (7 December 1750 – 8 June 1777) was a German scribe. She was the sister and only surviving sibling of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

Leben

Cornelia was fifteen months younger than her brother Johann Wolfgang. She was born in Frankfurt am Main. The father, Imperial Councillor Johann Caspar Goethe (29 July 1710 – 25 May1782), thought it appropriate for a woman of the upper classes to have some higher education,^[1] and Cornelia was educated together with the brother, which was unusual in those days. At the age of three, she was sent to an infant school, where she learned reading and writing with Magdalena Hoff. From the seventh year of her life, she and her brother were taught together by a tutor. Latin and ancient Greek were the first languages she was taught, and two years later, she also began receiving lessons in French. Additional subjects were English, Italian, law, geography, mathematics and calligraphy, as well as singing, piano, and drawing. She also learned fencing and riding and received lessons in dancing and etiquette. In her remaining free time, she pursued literary interests, which she also discussed with her brother.

Cornelia did not fit into the easy-going time due to her grave and hypochondriac nature.^[1] She did not love her parents quite normally, as there were too decisive differences between her character and that of her mother Katharina Elisabeth Goethe (1731 - 1808), known as the jolly "Frau Rat" ("Lady Councillor"), and as she did not forgive the father for having overburdened her with knowledge and, thus, having robbed her of some pleasures of her childhood.^[1] She felt attracted the more to the brother, who was the one who understood her and who did not ignore her predisposition to all great an beautiful.^[1] She lived in mutual comity with Johann Wolfgang and turned out to be a loving comforter for him when he was plagued by fears and self-reproach in the aftermath of his adventures with his girlfriend Gretchen and, connected to this, his experiences in circles that were partially involved in criminal activities.^[2] In this situation, there were laid the foundations for an intimate friendship between Cornelia and Johann Wolfgang.^[2] Cornelia's relations to him even brought about the highest luck for her that she experienced in all her life.^[1]

Praised by the brother for the depth and the meaningful glare of her eyes, Cornelia altogether was not outstandingly beautiful. All-too often analyzing this with her sharp intellect, she deprived herself of all pleasure, though she loved to have fun with others.^[1] She lived in a circle of pretty, but rather superficial friends who were enjoying life in the exuberance of youth and willingly held side with her, as they did not have to fear her as a rival.^[3]

When Johann Wolfgang went to Leipzig to study the law, Cornelia stayed at home in Frankfurt. The brother's three years in Leipzig for the first time interrupted the siblings' daily contact.^[4] Cornelia observed her brother taking on the general attitude of the time toward women, that is one of male dominance. She took great interest in the her brother's poetical productions and often was the first to know about his plans, drafts, and elaborations.^[4] Letters from this time that she wrote to her friend Katharina Fabricius in French have been preserved. Cornelia suffered under the disadvantages of being a woman, but did not see an alternative to marriage: "Es ist offensichtlich, daß ich nicht immer Mädchen bleiben kann, überdies wäre es sehr lächerlich, sich das vorzunehmen." (It is obvious that I cannot stay a girl all my life, and planning to do so would be ridiculous.)

She died in Emmendingen at the age of 26.

Honours

The Cornelia Goethe Center for Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Frankfurt is named after her, as is the Cornelia Goethe Prize that it awards.

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Valerian Tornius: Goethe — Leben, Wirken und Schaffen (Goethe — Life, Work and Influence). Ludwig Röhrscheid publishers, Bonn 1949, p. 29
^ ^a ^b Valerian Tornius: Goethe — Leben, Wirken und Schaffen (Goethe — Life, Work and Influence). Ludwig Röhrscheid publishers, Bonn 1949, p. 28
^ Valerian Tornius: Goethe — Leben, Wirken und Schaffen (Goethe — Life, Work and Influence). Ludwig Röhrscheid publishers, Bonn 1949, p. 29-30
^ ^a ^b Karl Robert Mandelkow, Bodo Morawe: Goethes Briefe (Goethe's Letters). 2. edition. Vol. 1: Briefe der Jahre 1764-1786 (Letters of the years 1764-1786). Christian Wegner publishers, Hamburg 1968, p. 522

General references

Hock, Sabine (1998). "Zeitlebens litt Cornelia an ihrer 'Hässlichkeit': die jung gestorbene Schwester Goethes krankte an einem unglücklichen und unerfüllten Leben". Wochendienst: Presse- und Informationsamt der Stadt Frankfurt am Main (in German) (7): 1–2. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
"Cornelia Goethe (1750-1777)" (in German). Cornelia Goethe Center for Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Frankfurt.

Witkowski, Georg (28 September 2011) [reprint of 1903 edition]. Cornelia, die Schwester Goethes (in German). Nabu Press. ISBN 9781246961430. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
Baumann, Melanie (1990). Cornelia Goethe, Briefe und Correspondance secrete 1767–1769 (in German). Freiburg: Kore. ISBN 3926023228. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
Prokop, Ulrike (1991). Die Illusion vom Großen Paar. Weibliche Lebensentwürfe 1750–1770' (in German). Frankfurt: Fischer. ISBN 3596273978. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
Prokop, Ulrike (1991). Die Illusion vom großen Paar. Band 2: Das Tagebuch der Cornelia Goethe (in German). Frankfurt: Fischer. ISBN 3596273978. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
Linden, Walfried (1989). "Marie, Gretchen, Helena. Goethe und seine Schwester Cornelia im Spiegel seiner Frauengestalten". Jahrbuch der Psychonalalyse (in German) (27). Stuttgart: Frommann-Holzboog: 224–239. ISSN 0075-2363. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
Damm, Sigrid (1992). Cornelia, Goethe (in German). Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig: Insel. ISBN 3458331522.
Fleischer, Stephanie (1996). "Literatur und Lebensgestaltung. Cornelia als Leserin zeitgenössischer Briefromane". Welfengarten. Jahrbuch für Essayismus (in German). Vol. 6. pp. 69–82. ISBN 9783927715363. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |trans_chapter= ignored (|trans-chapter= suggested) (help)
Nagelschmidt, Ilse (1999). "Briefe und Tagebücher als Effekt Biographischen Erzählens. Zwei Frauen im Spiegel des Textes. Cornelia Goethe. Brigitte Reimann". In Fasold, Regina (ed.). Begegnung der Zeiten. Festschrift für Helmut Richter zum 65. Geburtstag' (in German). Universitätsverlag, Leipzig. pp. 277–291. ISBN 3933240794. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_chapter= ignored (|trans-chapter= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
Kraus, Gerlinde (2010). Cornelia Goethe – Ein typisches Frauenleben im 18. Jahrhundert? Porträt einer Frankfurter Bürgerin (in German). Mühlheim am Main: Schroeder Verlagsbuchhandlung. ISBN 9783981125184. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

External links

Template:Persondata

[Tornius29-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Valerian Tornius: Goethe — Leben, Wirken und Schaffen (Goethe — Life, Work and Influence). Ludwig Röhrscheid publishers, Bonn 1949, p. 29

[Tornius28-2] Valerian Tornius: Goethe — Leben, Wirken und Schaffen (Goethe — Life, Work and Influence). Ludwig Röhrscheid publishers, Bonn 1949, p. 28

[Tornius29-30-3] Valerian Tornius: Goethe — Leben, Wirken und Schaffen (Goethe — Life, Work and Influence). Ludwig Röhrscheid publishers, Bonn 1949, p. 29-30

[Mandelkow522-4] Karl Robert Mandelkow, Bodo Morawe: Goethes Briefe (Goethe's Letters). 2. edition. Vol. 1: Briefe der Jahre 1764-1786 (Letters of the years 1764-1786). Christian Wegner publishers, Hamburg 1968, p. 522

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 [[File:Cornelia Schlosser geb Goethe.jpg|thumb|Cornelia around 1770. Drawing by [[Johann Ludwig Ernst Morgenstern]]]]
 [[File:FamilieGoetheOelgemaeldeSeekatz1763.jpg|thumb|Familie Goethe in Schäfertracht 1762. Cornelia ganz rechts]]
-'''Cornelia Friederica Christiana Schlosser''' née Goethe (7 December 1750 – 8 June 1777) was a German letter writer. She was the sister and only surviving sibling of [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]].
+'''Cornelia Friederica Christiana Schlosser''' née Goethe (7 December 1750 – 8 June 1777) was a German [[scribe]]. She was the sister and only surviving [[sibling]] of [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]].
 == Life ==
-Cornelia was fifteen months younger than her brother [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe|Johann Wolfgang]]. She was born in [[Frankfurt am Main]]. The father, Imperial Councillor [[Johann Caspar Goethe]] (29 July 1710{{spaced ndash}}25 May1782), thought it appropriate for a woman of the upper classes to possess some higher education,<ref name=Tornius29 /> and Cornelia was educated together with the brother, which was unusual in those days. At the age of three, she was sent to an infant school, where she learned reading and writing with [[Magdalena Hoff]]. From the seventh year of her life, she and her were taught together by a tutor. [[Latin]] and [[ancient Greek]] were the first languages she was taught, and two years later, she also began receiving lessons in French. Additional subjects were English, Italian, [[law]], geography, mathematics and [[calligraphy]], as well as singing, piano, and [[drawing]]. She also learned [[fencing]] and [[Equestrianism|riding]] and received lessons in dancing and [[etiquette]]. In her remaining free time, she pursued literary interests, which she also discussed with her brother.
+Cornelia was fifteen months younger than her brother [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe|Johann Wolfgang]]. She was born in [[Frankfurt am Main]]. The father, Imperial Councillor [[Johann Caspar Goethe]] (29 July 1710{{spaced ndash}}25 May1782), thought it appropriate for a woman of the upper classes to have some higher education,<ref name=Tornius29 /> and Cornelia was educated together with the brother, which was unusual in those days. At the age of three, she was sent to an infant school, where she learned reading and writing with [[Magdalena Hoff]]. From the seventh year of her life, she and her brother were taught together by a tutor. [[Latin]] and [[ancient Greek]] were the first languages she was taught, and two years later, she also began receiving lessons in French. Additional subjects were English, Italian, [[law]], [[geography]], [[mathematics]] and [[calligraphy]], as well as singing, piano, and [[drawing]]. She also learned [[fencing]] and [[Equestrianism|riding]] and received lessons in dancing and [[etiquette]]. In her remaining free time, she pursued literary interests, which she also discussed with her brother.
 Cornelia did not fit into the easy-going time due to her grave and hypochondriac nature.<ref name=Tornius29 /> She did not love her parents quite normally, as there were too decisive differences between her character and that of her mother [[Katharina Elisabeth Goethe]] (1731&nbsp;- 1808), known as the jolly "Frau Rat" (''"Lady Councillor"''), and as she did not forgive the father for having overburdened her with knowledge and, thus, having robbed her of some pleasures of her childhood.<ref name=Tornius29 /> She felt attracted the more to the brother, who was the one who understood her and who did not ignore her predisposition to all great an beautiful.<ref name=Tornius29 /> She lived in mutual comity with Johann Wolfgang and turned out to be a loving comforter for him when he was plagued by fears and self-reproach in the aftermath of his adventures with his girlfriend ''Gretchen'' and, connected to this, his experiences in circles that were partially involved in criminal activities.<ref name=Tornius28>[[Valerian Tornius]]: Goethe&nbsp;— Leben, Wirken und Schaffen (''Goethe&nbsp;— Life, Work and Influence''). ''[[Ludwig Röhrscheid]]'' publishers, Bonn 1949, p.&nbsp;28</ref> In this situation, there were laid the foundations for an intimate friendship between Cornelia and Johann Wolfgang.<ref name=Tornius28 /> Cornelia's relations to him even brought about the highest luck for her that she experienced in all her life.<ref name=Tornius29>Valerian Tornius: Goethe&nbsp;— Leben, Wirken und Schaffen (''Goethe&nbsp;— Life, Work and Influence''). ''Ludwig Röhrscheid'' publishers, Bonn 1949, p.&nbsp;29</ref>

Authority control databases
International	ISNI VIAF FAST WorldCat
National	Deutschland Vereinigte Staaten Frankreich BnF data Tschechische Republik Niederlande Schweden Israel
Menschen	Deutsche Biographie
Other	IdRef