Emilie Brentano

Emilie Brentano , née Genger (born September 27, 1810 in Braubach , † October 1, 1882 in Aschaffenburg ), was the first editor of the "Gesammelte Schriften" of the poet Clemens Brentano and the mother of the economist and social reformer Lujo Brentano and the philosopher and Psychologist Franz Brentano .

Life

Before her marriage to Christian Brentano in 1835, she ran a boarding school for girls in the former monastery building of Marienberg in Boppard . Her husband Christian was appointed by his brother Clemens as a universal heir, collected the widely scattered estate and took care of commercial matters. In contrast, he left the main editorial work to Emilie, who was supported and advised by the friend of the house, the Aschaffenburg court librarian Professor Joseph Merkel .

After the death of her husband in 1851, she published Clemens Brentano's “Gesammelte Schriften” in nine volumes from 1852–1855, and Christian Brentano's “Posthumous Religious Writings” in two volumes in 1854. In addition, she worked in various Catholic institutions in Aschaffenburg , translated spiritual writings from England, France and Italy and also wrote some poems that remained unprinted. Part of your estate is kept in the Aschaffenburg City and Abbey Archives , and part in the Frankfurt Goethe House of the Free German Hochstift .

Works

• Biography of Clemens Brentano. In: Clemens Brentano: Gesammelte Schriften (ed. By Christian Brentano) , Volume 8. 1855.
• Christian Brentano: Postponed religious writings (edited by Emilie Brentano) . Aschaffenburg 1854.
• Clemens Brentano: Poems (edited by Emilie Brentano) . Aschaffenburg 1854.

literature

• Brigitte Schad (Ed.): The Aschaffenburger Brentanos . Contributions to the history of the family from unknown estate material. Aschaffenburg 1984, ISBN 3879650039 . ISSN  0433-843X .