Erzählungen

The volume assembles Eichendorff's satirical and posthumous narratives and fragments. With the exception of the story »Viel Lärm um nichts« all the texts have been reproduced in accordance with the manuscripts. For the first time this edition draws upon textual testimonies stemming from Eichendorff manuscripts thought to have been lost for good after 1945. This applies particularly to the story »Libertas und ihre/ihr Freier«, of which two highly divergent versions have come down to us, the earlier one (»Ihre Freier«) published here for the first time. It also applies to the »Märchen« collected by Eichendorff, our knowledge of which has been based so far on an inadequate edition by Karl von Eichendorff. The appendix also contains the story »Zauberei im Herbst« already included in Volume V/1 on the basis of the first printed version. It has now been reedited on the basis of the manuscripts that have resurfaced in the meantime.