Neue Zeitung für Einsiedler. Bd.15/2020

Achim von Arnim's Zeitung für Einsiedler (Tröst Einsamkeit), published from April to August 1808 as »an attempt of a new kind of Journal«, is still considered 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). As editor of the journal, Arnim invited a number of varied contributions that linked historical with contemporary issues. In his spirit, we chose Arnim's »Search, and you will find« - an entry into Grimm's Stammbuch - as motto since the current issue provides a rich source of valuable resources that are in part addenda to current historical-critical editions as well as discoveries of unknown texts - all in all - an important contribution to Romantic scholarship. Although the essays are grouped into different categories, they nevertheless suggest dialogical interconnections. By setting literature and music, natural history and philosophy, autobiography and fiction side by side, we hope to inspire our readers to think about new ways of investigation in the field of Romantic scholarship.