Neue Zeitung fur Einsiedler

Achim von Arnim's Zeitung fur Einsiedler (Trost Einsamkeit) was published from April to August 1808 as an attempt of a new kind of Journal and is still considered today as one of the most innovative journals of the literary romantic period that has become an integral part of the Heidelberg Romantic era (Renate Moering). The Neue Zeitung fur Einsiedler (Journal of the International Arnim-Society) was published for the first time in 2001 and is now produced and distributed by Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden. To stay with Arnim's intentions, it is both a whimsical medley of essays, reports and reviews but also of thoughtful analyses of literary works and their reception. Renate Moering's comprehensive and detailed commentary in her historic-critical edition of the Zeitung fur Einsiedler (Vol. 6 of the Weimarer Arnim-Ausgabe) will inspire undoubtedly a lively discussion in the Neuen Zeitung fur Einsiedler, especially, since the journal was intended - as Arnim emphasized in his preface - to render the time of Napoleonic oppression more bearable with the publication of cultural and aesthetic writings. The Neue Zeitung fur Einsiedler offers enthusiasts and academicians of the romantic era the opportunity to engage both in the whimsical medley and the serious discourse od romantic aesthetics.