Elisabeth Gundolf

Dedication in Friedrich Gundolf's work on Heinrich von Kleist, 1922, published by Georg Bondi

Elisabeth Agnes Gundolf , b. Salomon (born November 10, 1893 in Hirschberg in the Riesengebirge , † February 13, 1958 in Oxford ), was a German economist , writer and translator of the works of Antonio Graziadei (1873-1953). She arranged the estate of her husband Friedrich Gundolf and published his works posthumously. E. Gundolf was also the editor of Karoline Günderrode's poems . She also worked at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, which has been passed down through the American Guild for German Cultural Freedom organization .

Life

Elisabeth Salomon was born as the daughter of medical councilor Max Salomon and his wife Rose (née Hahn) and was of Jewish faith. Through her sister Anna, she was Siegfried Bernfeld's sister-in-law . Her brother was the SPD archivist Friedrich Salomon (1890-1946). A rich correspondence from her parents of more than 70 letters can be found in the Paul Geheeb archive . She died while emigrating in 1958 in Oxford (Churchill Hospital).

Her love affair with Friedrich Gundolf, an important member of the George Circle , caused a crisis in the relationship between Gundolf and Stefan George in the late 1910s. In 1922 Friedrich Gundolf dedicated his book on Heinrich von Kleist to Elisabeth Salomon. This was the reason for George to finally break off contact with Gundolf. In 1926 Gundolf married Elisabeth Salomon.

education

She passed her Abitur in Dresden. She then studied political science and philosophy at the universities of Munich, Berlin and Heidelberg, where she received her doctorate in 1919. During the war years from 1915 to 1917, her studies were interrupted by working as a nurse. She studied with Ladislaus von Bortkewitsch , Lujo Brentano , Kurt Breysig , Hans Delbrück , Eberhard Gothein , Gundelfinger, Karl Heinsheimer , Ignaz Jastrow , Emil Lederer , Albert Lotz , Alois Riehl , Heinrich Rickert , Arthur Salz , Schott, Schumacher, Freiherrn von Schwerin, Sering, Werner Sombart , Thoma, Alfred Weber and Friedrich Wolters . After completing her doctorate, she lived in Italy as a journalist for a few years.

Main character in a 1923 novel

Protagonist of a novel by Albrecht Schaeffer in 1919. Cover design by Emil Rudolf Weiß

The writer Albrecht Schaeffer immortalized Elisabeth Gundolf in the novel Elli or Seven Stairs - Description of a Female Life , which was published by Insel-Verlag in 1919 and 1923 . The work is dated 1918 and dedicated to Felix Braun “In the days of new harmony”. A Hasidic word precedes the book and is printed in the form of a chalice according to the content. It is a quote from Martin Buber's The Legend of Baal Shem . A poem by Stefan Georges is printed in full on page 27. It is the XIX. Poem To whom but you should she turn her gaze in The Carpet of Life and the Songs of Dream and Death . Schaeffer's novel has so far not been explored in its entirety.

Lectures about Stefan George and Rainer Maria Rilke

Lothar Helbing judges in a foreword about her lectures published in book form, which she gave in Oxford in 1944: "My encounters with Rainer Maria Rilke and Stefan George" and "Stefan George and National Socialism" : "After the publication of the correspondence Stefan George - F. Gundolf seems right to give the floor to the woman, who, although not a decisive but importantly catalytic role in the friendship of these men, was assigned. We believe that your statements represent a not unwelcome addition to that important publication. ”Elisabeth Gundolf provides information, as does Paula Modersohn-Becker , Karin Michaëlis , Lou Andreas-Salomé and Sabine Lepsius , about her encounters with the poet Rainer Maria Rilke .

Letters

The German Literature Archive Marbach published the correspondence between Elisabeth and Friedrich Gundolf in 2015:

Gunilla Eschenbach, Helmuth Mojem (ed.): “Friedrich Gundolf - Elisabeth Salomon. Correspondence 1914-1931. “De Gruyter, Berlin, 2015, ISBN 9783110225464 .

Fonts

The Giant Mountains paper industry in terms of location. ( On the location of industries. Vol. 2.5.) Diss. Tübingen 1920.
Two lectures: My encounters with Rainer Maria Rilke and Stefan George - Stefan George and National Socialism. Preface by Lothar Helbing Gundolf and Elli . Castrum Peregrini 69th Press Amsterdam 1965.

literature

Gunilla Eschenbach: Philine and Diotima, hetaera and heroine. Role attributions for Elisabeth Salomon . In: Ute Oelmann, Ulrich Raulff (ed.): Women around Stefan George. Wallstein, Göttingen 2010, ISBN 3-8353051-31 , pp. 253-270.
Gunilla Eschenbach, Korinna Schönhärl: Salomon, Elisabeth Agnes (from 1926 Gundolf). In: Achim Aurnhammer, Wolfgang Braungart, Stefan Breuer , Ute Oelmann (eds.): Stefan George and his circle. A manual. Volume 3, de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2012, pp. 1606–1608 ( online ).
Thomas Karlauf : Stefan George. The discovery of the charism. Biography. Munich 2007.

Web links

Remarks

^ Elisabeth Gundolf: Two lectures: My encounters with Rainer Maria Rilke and Stefan George - Stefan George and National Socialism. Amsterdam, Castrum Peregrini LXIX, p. 33.
^ Geheeb archive .
↑ Thomas Karlauf: Stefan George - The discovery of the charisma. Munich 2007, p. 524.
↑ "He married the woman who had cared for him with the last sacrifice for one of his serious illnesses." From: Ursula von Mangoldt : On the threshold between yesterday and tomorrow - encounters and experiences. Weilheim 1963, p. 111.
↑ “For the giver is from grace, And the recipient Is from judgment. And so it is with every thing. Like pouring from a large vessel into a mug; The vessel pours out in abundance, but the cup sets the limit for his gift. ” “ The legend of Baal Shem ”, transition p. 32 to 33 .
↑ Thomas Karlauf: Stefan George - the discovery of charisma. Munich 2007, p. 515.
↑ From: Elisabeth Gundolf: Two lectures: My encounters with Rainer Maria Rilke and Stefan George - Stefan George and National Socialism. Amsterdam, Castrum Peregrini LXIX, foreword by Lothar Helbing Gundolf and Elli , p. 32 f.

personal data
SURNAME	Gundolf, Elisabeth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gundolf, Elisabeth Agnes (full name); Salomon, Elisabeth (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German economist, writer and translator of the works of Antonio Graziadei (1873–1953)
DATE OF BIRTH	November 10, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hirschberg in the Giant Mountains
DATE OF DEATH	February 13, 1958
Place of death	Oxford

[1] Elisabeth Gundolf: Two lectures: My encounters with Rainer Maria Rilke and Stefan George - Stefan George and National Socialism. Amsterdam, Castrum Peregrini LXIX, p. 33.

[2] Geheeb archive .

[3] Thomas Karlauf: Stefan George - The discovery of the charisma. Munich 2007, p. 524.

[4] "He married the woman who had cared for him with the last sacrifice for one of his serious illnesses." From: Ursula von Mangoldt : On the threshold between yesterday and tomorrow - encounters and experiences. Weilheim 1963, p. 111.

[5] “For the giver is from grace, And the recipient Is from judgment. And so it is with every thing. Like pouring from a large vessel into a mug; The vessel pours out in abundance, but the cup sets the limit for his gift. ” “ The legend of Baal Shem ”, transition p. 32 to 33 .

[6] Thomas Karlauf: Stefan George - the discovery of charisma. Munich 2007, p. 515.

[7] From: Elisabeth Gundolf: Two lectures: My encounters with Rainer Maria Rilke and Stefan George - Stefan George and National Socialism. Amsterdam, Castrum Peregrini LXIX, foreword by Lothar Helbing Gundolf and Elli , p. 32 f.