Ursula Püschel

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Ursula Püschel (born June 1, 1930 in Töpchin ; † August 10, 2018 in Bernau near Berlin ) was a German literary scholar , journalist and writer . One focus of her work was the work of the writer Bettina von Arnim , a representative of Vormärz literature .

Life

After graduating from high school in 1948, Ursula Püschel studied history and German at the Humboldt University in Berlin . She completed her studies in 1952 with the state examination. Then she worked at the Academy of Arts in Berlin in the Bettina von Arnim archive until 1955 . In 1965 she was with the dissertation Bettina von Arnim's political writings at the Humboldt University for Dr. phil. PhD.

In the following years - in addition to her academic work - she worked for the press, radio, theater, television and film. Ursula Püschel has been working as a freelance literary critic and essayist since 1985. Her literary critical interest was particularly in publications by and about women.

Bettina von Arnim

The Bettina von Arnim archive, now in the Klassik Stiftung Weimar , came to the Berlin Academy of the Arts when manuscripts by Achim and Bettina were found in the Arnim manor at Schloss Wiepersdorf after the end of the war, which were not found at the auction of the Arnim estate in 1929 had been sold. Among the papers Ursula Püschel discovered Bettina von Arnim's handwritten drafts for the Poland brochure (“To the dissolved Prussian National Assembly”), published anonymously in January 1849, in which she called for a Poland free from Prussian claims to property. Her authorship was denied in 1906 by the literary scholar Reinhold Steig , who knew the estate. Ursula Püschel published this brochure in 1954 for the first time since 1849 and for the first time with the name Bettina von Arnims as an author.

In addition to a number of essays and books, Püschel's most important work was the publication of the writer's correspondence with the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm IV , who - as an important part of her work - had not been published except for a small portion and was largely unknown . In 2004 the essay volume Bettina von Arnim - politisch appeared .

  • Bettina von Arnim's Poland brochure. Henschelverlag , Berlin 1954
  • and more than once at night in the Thiergarten. Bettina von Arnim and Heinrich Bernhard Oppenheim, letters 1841–1849 . Series of publications of the Bettina-von-Arnim-Gesellschaft, Bettina-von-Arnim-Studien Volume 1, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-924894-31-0
  • Against the Philistines and the leaden time. Studies, essays, articles on Bettina von Arnim. Altberliner Bücherstube, Verlagbuchhandlung Oliver Seifert, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-930265-12-5
  • Turn the world upside down - that's what it boils down to The correspondence between Bettina von Arnim and Friedrich Wilhelm IV . Aisthesis Verlag , Bielefeld 2001, ISBN 3-89528-312-6
  • Bettina von Arnim - politically. Explorations, discoveries, insights . Aisthesis-Verlag, Bielefeld 2005, ISBN 3-89528-482-3

Other works (selection)

  • Out and about in my villages: Report from Berlstedt am Ettersberg . Hinstorff , Rostock 1980.
  • With all your senses: women in literature; Essays . Mitteldeutscher Verlag , Halle and Leipzig 1982.
  • The snake tree: a trip to Mozambique . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle and Leipzig 1984.
  • Kernbauer: information and observations . Hinstorff, Rostock 1974.
  • "... against the Philistines and the leaden time": studies, essays, essays on Bettina von Arnim. Old Berlin bookstore, Oliver Seifert publishing house, Berlin 1996.

literature

  • Brigitte Böttcher (Ed.): Inventory. Literary profiles . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 1976, Ursula Püschel, p. 80 f .

Web links

Individual references and web links

  1. ↑ Ursula Püschel died. In: jungewelt.de . August 13, 2018. Retrieved August 15, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Ursula Püschel. In: Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2016/2017. Volume II: PZ. Walter de Gruyter , 2016, ISBN 978-3-11-045397-3 , p. 773.
  3. ↑ Ursula Püschel: Bettina von Arnim's political writings . Inaugural dissertation, Humboldt University Berlin, 1965. Microform, OCLC 122897837
  4. ^ "The style speaks against Bettina's authorship." In: Karl Goedeke , Edmund Goetze: Outline of the history of German poetry from the sources. 2nd Edition. Ehlermann, Leipzig 1906, vol. 6, p.  78http: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D~GB%3D~IA%3DGoedekeGrundrissZurGeschichteDerDeutschenDichtung-2-6~MDZ%3D%0A~SZ%3Dn91~doppelseiten%3D~LT%3D78~PUR%3D .
personal data
SURNAME Püschel, Ursula
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German literary scholar, journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 1, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Potter
DATE OF DEATH August 10, 2018
Place of death Bernau