In existographies, Karl Ense (1785-1858) was a German existographer (biographer) noted for []
Little girls
In 1843, Ense documented the Goethe “I wrote Elective Affinities for little girls” comment to Karl Knebel. [1]
Captain
Ense is said to have reported, according to general August Lilienstern, as reported by John Winkelman (1987), that Prussian officer Friedrich Muffling, who did surveying, was the model for the Captain of Elective Affinities. [2]
Varnhagen
In 1814, Ense married German write and salon runner Rahel Varnhagen (1771-1833), whom had met Goethe in 1795 during a visit to Carlsbad, and whom she saw again in 1815 at Frankfurt am Main. (Ѻ)
References
1. (a) Ense, Karl. (1843). "Diary Entry", Jun 28; in: Karl August Varnhagen von Ense Werke. 5 vols. Frankfurt: Keutscher Kalssiker verlag, 1994. 5:320-21. Also reprinted in: Goethes Werke. Ed. erich Trunz. 14 vols. Hamburg: Christian Wenger Verlag, 1949-71. Reissued 13th Ed., Munich: Verlag C. H. Beck., 6:641.
(b) Tantillo, Astrida O. (2001). Goethe's Elective Affinities and the Critics (§Unpublished Comments, pgs. 7-12; §Negative Reviews and Responses, pgs. 12-26; Knebel, 8+ pgs). Camden House.
(c) Thims, Libb. (2007). Human Chemistry (Volume Two) (N8, pg. 704). Morrisville, NC: LuLu.
2. Winkelman, John. (1987). Goethe’s Elective Affinities: an Interpretation (pgs. 83-84). Peter Lang.
Further reading
● Ense, Karl. (1823). Goethe in the Testimonies of Contemporaries: Supplement to all Editions of Goethe’s Works (Goethe in den Zeugnissen der Mitlebenden). F. Dummler.
External links
● Karl August Varnhagen von Ense – Wikipedia.
