Countess Ida von Hahn-Hahn (German: Ida Gräfin von Hahn-Hahn;[1] 22 June 1805 – 12 January 1880) was a German author from a wealthy family who lost their fortune because of her father's eccentric spending. She defied convention by living with Adolf von Bystram unmarried for 21 years. Her writings about the German aristocracy were greatly favored by the general public of her time. Ida von Hahn-Hahn often wrote about the tragedies of the soul and was influenced by the French novelist George Sand. She "was an indefatigable campaigner for the emancipation of women"[2] and her writings include many strong female characters.[3][4]
She was born at Tressow, in the duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. She was the daughter of Count Karl von Hahn [de] (1782 – 21 May 1857 Altona) of the von Hahn family, who was well known for his enthusiasm for stage productions, upon which he squandered a large portion of his fortune. In his old age, he was obliged to support himself by managing a provincial company and died in poverty.
In 1826, Ida married her wealthy cousin Friedrich Wilhelm Adolph Graf von Hahn [de], which gave her the doubled name. With him she had an extremely unhappy life, and in 1829 her husband's irregularities led to a divorce.[5][6] She spent the years after her divorce ignoring social norms by traveling and living with Baron Adolf von Bystram.[2] Bystram encouraged her to write about their travels across Europe and the Near East.[3]
Ida, Countess von Hahn-Hahn
In 1847, the author drew upon herself the merciless ridicule of Fanny Lewald, who "attacked her as a self-indulgent aristocrat indifferent to the plight of the poor."[4] After the revolutions of 1848 and the death of Adolf von Bystram in 1849, she embraced the Roman Catholic religion in 1850, after having opened the bible on some day in 1849 and seeing this passage: "Arise, be enlightened O Jerusalem, for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon there." The countess Ida even visited the Prince Bishop Diepenbrock, of whom she asked whether or not she could be absorbed into the Catholic Church. Hahn-Hahn justified her step in a polemical work entitled Von Babylon nach Jerusalem (1851),[7] which elicited a vigorous reply from Heinrich Abeken, and from several others as well.[5]
In November 1852, she retired into the convent Du Bon Pasteur at Angers, which she however soon left, taking up residence in Mainz as a "layperson in a convent she had co-founded for "fallen" girls." She would die there (at Mainz) in 1880.[3] Hahn-Hahn devoted herself to the reformation of outcasts of her own sex, and wrote several works, among which are: Bilder aus der Geschichte der Kirche (3 vols., 1856–'64); Peregrina (1864); and Eudoxia (1868).[6]
WritingsEdit
For many years, her novels were the most popular works of fiction in aristocratic circles; many of her later publications, however, passed unnoticed as mere religious manifestoes. Ulrich and Gräfin Faustine, both published in 1841, mark the culmination of her power; but Sigismund Forster (1843), Cecil (1844), Sibylle (1846) and Maria Regina (1860) also obtained considerable popularity. For several years, the countess continued to produce novels bearing a certain subjective resemblance to those of George Sand, but less hostile to social institutions, and dealing almost exclusively with aristocratic society.[5]
Her collected works, Gesammelte Werke, with an introduction by Otto von Schaching, were published in two series, 45 volumes in all (Regensburg, 1903–1904).[5][8]
Gräfin FaustineEdit
Gräfin Faustine or Countess Faustine travels to the Orient and ends up in "a cloister to expiate her sins".[2]Countess Faustine is a female Don Joan set in a world of adultery.[4][8]
Catholic writingsEdit
After converting to Roman Catholic, Hahn-Hahn began writing to encourage conversions to the Catholic Church.[2]
PublicationsEdit
Countess von Hahn-Hahn's published works as cited by An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers.[2] All publications listed below are in German.
Von Babylon nach Jerusalem ; Aus Jerusalem [From Babylon to Jerusalem]. Arnheim: J. Witz. 1851. OCLC 867632676. (reprinted as Hahn, Ida (2015). Von Babylon nach Jerusalem. Berlin: ContumaxHofenberg. ISBN9783843095587. OCLC 968230511.)
Gesammelte Schriften [Collected Works]. Berlin: Verlag von Alexander Duncker. 1851. OCLC 60461235. Her Protestant works in 21 volumes.
Die Liebhaber des Kreuzes [The Lover of the Cross]. Arnheim: Witz. 1852. OCLC 913875457.
Maria Regina [Queen Mary]. Mainz: Kirchheim. 1860. ISBN3628396859. OCLC 265435995. (reprinted as Maria Regina. Altenmünster: Jazzybee Verlag. 2012. ISBN9783849626891. OCLC 863904242.)
Die Glöcknerstochter [The Bell-ringer's Daughters]. Mainz: F. Kirchheim. 1871. OCLC 6179803.
Vergib uns unsere Schuld [Forgive Us Our Trespasses]. Mainz: Fr. Kirchheim. 1874. hdl:2027/njp.32101066417153. OCLC 706865101.
Wahl und Führung [Choice and Leading]. Mainz: Verlag von F. Kirchheim. 1878. OCLC 830983824.
Gesammelte Werke [Collected Works]. Regensburg: Habbel. 1903. OCLC 73105349. Her Catholic works in 45 volumes.
References and notesEdit
^Regarding personal names: Gräfin is a title, translated as Countess, not a first or middle name. The masculine form is Graf.
^ abcdeWilson, Katharina (1991). An Encyclopedia of continental women writers. Vol. 1. New York and London: Garland Publishing, Inc. pp. 523–524. ISBN9781558621510. OCLC 59817136.
^ abcArgyle, Gisela (2007). "The Horror and the pleasure of un-English fiction: Ida von Hahn-Hahn and Fanny Lewald in England". Comparative Literature Studies. 44 (1): 144–165. doi:10.1353/cls.2007.0026.
^ abcKontje, Todd (1998). Women, the Novel, and the German Nation 1771–1871. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. ISBN0521631106.[page needed]
^ abcdOne or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Hahn-Hahn, Ida, Countess von". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 819.
^ abRipley, George; Dana, Charles A., eds. (1879). "Hahn-Hahn, Ida Marie Luise Sophie Friederike Gustave" . The American Cyclopædia. p. 378.
^Scheid, Nikolaus (1913). "Ida Hahn-Hahn" . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
^ abChambers, Helen (2007). Humor and Irony in Nineteenth-Century German Women's Writing. Rochester, New York: Camden House. ISBN9781571133045.[page needed]
Further readingEdit
Cayzer, Herlinde (2007). Feminist Awakening: Ida von Hahn-Hahn’s 'Gräfin Faustine' and Luise Mühlbach’s 'Aphra Behn' (PhD). St. Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland. OCLC 511617466.
Diethe, Carol (1998). "Popular Literature". Towards Emancipation: German Women Writers of the Nineteenth Century. New York: Berghahn Books. pp. 106, 108–119. ISBN9781571819338. OCLC 37696290.
Oberembt, Gert (1980). Ida Gräfin Hahn-Hahn, Weltschmerz und Ultramontanismus: Studien zum Unterhaltungsroman im 19. Jahrhundert [World Pain and Ultramontanism: Studies of the entertainment novel in the 19th century] (in German). Bonn: Bouvier. ISBN9783416015455. OCLC 7661692.
External linksEdit
A selection of works by Hahn-Hahn from the Sophie database
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Countess Ida von Hahn Hahn German Ida Grafin von Hahn Hahn 1 22 June 1805 12 January 1880 was a German author from a wealthy family who lost their fortune because of her father s eccentric spending She defied convention by living with Adolf von Bystram unmarried for 21 years Her writings about the German aristocracy were greatly favored by the general public of her time Ida von Hahn Hahn often wrote about the tragedies of the soul and was influenced by the French novelist George Sand She was an indefatigable campaigner for the emancipation of women 2 and her writings include many strong female characters 3 4 Ida Countess von Hahn HahnBorn22 June 1805TressowDied12 January 1880 aged 74 MainzOccupationWriterLanguageGerman language edit on Wikidata Contents 1 Biography 2 Writings 2 1 Grafin Faustine 2 2 Catholic writings 3 Publications 4 References and notes 5 Further reading 6 External linksBiography EditShe was born at Tressow in the duchy of Mecklenburg Schwerin She was the daughter of Count Karl von Hahn de 1782 21 May 1857 Altona of the von Hahn family who was well known for his enthusiasm for stage productions upon which he squandered a large portion of his fortune In his old age he was obliged to support himself by managing a provincial company and died in poverty In 1826 Ida married her wealthy cousin Friedrich Wilhelm Adolph Graf von Hahn de which gave her the doubled name With him she had an extremely unhappy life and in 1829 her husband s irregularities led to a divorce 5 6 She spent the years after her divorce ignoring social norms by traveling and living with Baron Adolf von Bystram 2 Bystram encouraged her to write about their travels across Europe and the Near East 3 nbsp Ida Countess von Hahn HahnIn 1847 the author drew upon herself the merciless ridicule of Fanny Lewald who attacked her as a self indulgent aristocrat indifferent to the plight of the poor 4 After the revolutions of 1848 and the death of Adolf von Bystram in 1849 she embraced the Roman Catholic religion in 1850 after having opened the bible on some day in 1849 and seeing this passage Arise be enlightened O Jerusalem for thy light is come and the glory of the Lord is risen upon there The countess Ida even visited the Prince Bishop Diepenbrock of whom she asked whether or not she could be absorbed into the Catholic Church Hahn Hahn justified her step in a polemical work entitled Von Babylon nach Jerusalem 1851 7 which elicited a vigorous reply from Heinrich Abeken and from several others as well 5 In November 1852 she retired into the convent Du Bon Pasteur at Angers which she however soon left taking up residence in Mainz as a layperson in a convent she had co founded for fallen girls She would die there at Mainz in 1880 3 Hahn Hahn devoted herself to the reformation of outcasts of her own sex and wrote several works among which are Bilder aus der Geschichte der Kirche 3 vols 1856 64 Peregrina 1864 and Eudoxia 1868 6 Writings EditFor many years her novels were the most popular works of fiction in aristocratic circles many of her later publications however passed unnoticed as mere religious manifestoes Ulrich and Grafin Faustine both published in 1841 mark the culmination of her power but Sigismund Forster 1843 Cecil 1844 Sibylle 1846 and Maria Regina 1860 also obtained considerable popularity For several years the countess continued to produce novels bearing a certain subjective resemblance to those of George Sand but less hostile to social institutions and dealing almost exclusively with aristocratic society 5 Her collected works Gesammelte Werke with an introduction by Otto von Schaching were published in two series 45 volumes in all Regensburg 1903 1904 5 8 Grafin Faustine Edit Grafin Faustine or Countess Faustine travels to the Orient and ends up in a cloister to expiate her sins 2 Countess Faustine is a female Don Joan set in a world of adultery 4 8 Catholic writings Edit After converting to Roman Catholic Hahn Hahn began writing to encourage conversions to the Catholic Church 2 Publications EditCountess von Hahn Hahn s published works as cited by An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers 2 All publications listed below are in German Gedichte Poems Leipzig F A Brockhaus 1835 OCLC 830964717 Neue Gedichte New Poems Leipzig F A Brockhaus 1836 OCLC 798547950 Lieder und gedichte Songs and Poems Berlin E S Mittler 1837 OCLC 719396206 Aus der Gesellschaft From the Realm of Society Berlin Duncker und Humblot 1838 OCLC 797992748 Grafin Faustine Countess Faustine Berlin A Duncker 1841 OCLC 609507620 reprinted as Grafin Faustine Berlin ContumaxHofenberg 2015 ISBN 9783843047944 OCLC 965667777 Ulrich Berlin Alexander Duncker 1841 OCLC 609507610 Cecil Berlin A Duncker 1844 OCLC 618805297 Ilda Schonholm Berlin A Duncker 1845 OCLC 956664438 Sibylle Berlin Duncker 1846 OCLC 251462570 reprinted as Sibylle Altenmunster Jazzybee Verlag 2012 ISBN 9783849626914 OCLC 863904223 Von Babylon nach Jerusalem Aus Jerusalem From Babylon to Jerusalem Arnheim J Witz 1851 OCLC 867632676 reprinted as Hahn Ida 2015 Von Babylon nach Jerusalem Berlin ContumaxHofenberg ISBN 9783843095587 OCLC 968230511 Gesammelte Schriften Collected Works Berlin Verlag von Alexander Duncker 1851 OCLC 60461235 Her Protestant works in 21 volumes Die Liebhaber des Kreuzes The Lover of the Cross Arnheim Witz 1852 OCLC 913875457 Maria Regina Queen Mary Mainz Kirchheim 1860 ISBN 3628396859 OCLC 265435995 reprinted as Maria Regina Altenmunster Jazzybee Verlag 2012 ISBN 9783849626891 OCLC 863904242 Peregrin Mainz Kirchheim 1864 OCLC 1070998044 reprinted as Peregrin Berlin ContumaxHofenberg 2015 ISBN 9783843095563 OCLC 965701014 Die Glocknerstochter The Bell ringer s Daughters Mainz F Kirchheim 1871 OCLC 6179803 Vergib uns unsere Schuld Forgive Us Our Trespasses Mainz Fr Kirchheim 1874 hdl 2027 njp 32101066417153 OCLC 706865101 Wahl und Fuhrung Choice and Leading Mainz Verlag von F Kirchheim 1878 OCLC 830983824 Gesammelte Werke Collected Works Regensburg Habbel 1903 OCLC 73105349 Her Catholic works in 45 volumes References and notes Edit Regarding personal names Grafin is a title translated as Countess not a first or middle name The masculine form is Graf a b c d e Wilson Katharina 1991 An Encyclopedia of continental women writers Vol 1 New York and London Garland Publishing Inc pp 523 524 ISBN 9781558621510 OCLC 59817136 a b c Argyle Gisela 2007 The Horror and the pleasure of un English fiction Ida von Hahn Hahn and Fanny Lewald in England Comparative Literature Studies 44 1 144 165 doi 10 1353 cls 2007 0026 a b c Kontje Todd 1998 Women the Novel and the German Nation 1771 1871 Cambridge United Kingdom Cambridge University Press ISBN 0521631106 page needed a b c d nbsp One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Chisholm Hugh ed 1911 Hahn Hahn Ida Countess von Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 12 11th ed Cambridge University Press p 819 a b Ripley George Dana Charles A eds 1879 Hahn Hahn Ida Marie Luise Sophie Friederike Gustave The American Cyclopaedia p 378 Scheid Nikolaus 1913 Ida Hahn Hahn In Herbermann Charles ed Catholic Encyclopedia New York Robert Appleton Company a b Chambers Helen 2007 Humor and Irony in Nineteenth Century German Women s Writing Rochester New York Camden House ISBN 9781571133045 page needed Further reading EditCayzer Herlinde 2007 Feminist Awakening Ida von Hahn Hahn s Grafin Faustine and Luise Muhlbach s Aphra Behn PhD St Lucia Qld University of Queensland OCLC 511617466 Diethe Carol 1998 Popular Literature Towards Emancipation German Women Writers of the Nineteenth Century New York Berghahn Books pp 106 108 119 ISBN 9781571819338 OCLC 37696290 Oberembt Gert 1980 Ida Grafin Hahn Hahn Weltschmerz und Ultramontanismus Studien zum Unterhaltungsroman im 19 Jahrhundert World Pain and Ultramontanism Studies of the entertainment novel in the 19th century in German Bonn Bouvier ISBN 9783416015455 OCLC 7661692 External links EditA selection of 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