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Benedikt Arnstein
BornBenedikt David Arnstein
(1765-10-15)15 October 1765
Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire
Died6 January 1841(1841-01-06) (aged 75)
Vienna, Austrian Empire
Pen nameArenhof
LanguageGerman

Benedikt David Arnstein (15 October 1765 – 6 January 1841), also known by the pen name Arenhof, was an Austrian playwright. He is considered the first German-language Jewish dramatist and poet.[1][2]

Biography

Benedikt Arnstein was born in Vienna into a prominent Jewish banking family, the son of wholesaler David Isaak Arnstein.[3] His grandfather was the prominent banker Adam Isaac von Arnstein (son of Isaak Arnstein [de]),[4] and his aunt the socialite Fanny von Arnstein.[5]

He began working at his grandfather's banking house in 1782, but left in 1786 to undertake a series of travels across Germany, France, Spain and Italy.[6] This enabled him to become personally acquainted with many distinguished writers of his time, including Johann Baptist von Alxinger [de] and Ignaz Liebel [de], who introduced him to classical Greek and Roman literature. His literary circle included Joseph Friedrich Freiherr von Retzer [Wikidata], Joseph Schreyvogel, August von Kotzebue, Joseph Franz Ratschky [de], and Gottlieb Leon [de].[7]

Apart from individual poems, which appeared in monographs and almanacs,[8] Arnstein published numerous dramatic works, some of which were performed at the Burgtheater in Vienna.[9] His 1782 work Einige jüdische Familienscenen celebrated the Edict of Tolerance of Emperor Joseph II.[10][11]

Publications

  • Einige jüdische Familienscenen, bey Erblickung des Patents über die Freyheiten, welche die Juden in den kaiserlichen Staaten erhalten haben [Some Jewish Family Scenes]. Vienna: Rudolph Graffer. 1782.
  • Die Maske. Ein Lustspiel in einem Aufzug [The Mask] (comedy). Vienna: Johann Joseph Jahn. 1788.
  • Katharine Jaquet im Reiche der Todten. Einige Gelegenheits-Szenen [Katharine Jaquet in the Realm of the Dead]. Vienna: s.n. 1789.
  • Arnstein, Benedikt David (1785). Die Nachschrift. Ein Original-Lustspiel in einem Aufzuge [The Postscript]. Vienna.
  • Dramatische Versuche [Dramatic Attempts]. Vienna: Edl. von Baumeisterischen Buchdrukerei. 1787.
  • Die Pflegetochter. Ein Schauspiel in drey Aufzügen [The Foster Daughter] (drama). Vienna: F. J. Kaiserer. 1790.
  • Die Kleinodien. Ein Schauspiel [The Jewels] (drama). Vienna. 1796.
  • Das Billett. Ein Lustspiel in einem Aufzug [The Ticket] (comedy). Vienna: Johann Baptist Wallishausser. 1800.
  • Das Geschenk. Ein Gelegenheitsstück in einem Aufzuge [The Gift]. Vienna: Johann Baptist Wallishausser. 1801.

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore (1902). "Arnstein, Benedikt David". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 133.

  1. ^ Löw, Leopold (1875). Die Lebensalter in der jüdischen Literatur (in German). Szegedin: Sigmund Burger.
  2. ^ Karpeles, Gustav (1895). Jewish Literature and Other Essays. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America. p. 245.
  3. ^ Gräffer, Franz (1845). "Arnstein, Bened. Dav.". Kleine Wiener Memoiren (in German). Vol. 2. Vienna: Fr. Beck's Universitäts-Buchhandlung. p. 99.
  4. ^ Kohut, Adolf (1900). Berühmte israelitische Männer und Frauen in der Kulturgeschichte der Menschheit (in German). Vol. 2. Leipzig-Reudnitz: A. H. Payne. p. 88.
  5. ^ Wilhelmy-Dollinger, Petra (2009). "Fanny Baronin von Arnstein". Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  6. ^ Blumesberger, Susanne; Doppelhofer, Michael; Mauthe, Gabriele, eds. (2002). "Handbuch österreichischer Autorinnen und Autoren jüdischer Herkunft: 18. Bis 20. Jahrhundert". Arnstein, Benedikt David von. Handbuch österreichischer Autorinnen und Autoren jüdischer Herkunft 18. bis 20. Jahrhundert (in German). Vol. 1. Munich: K. G. Saur. p. 39. doi:10.1515/9783110949001. ISBN 3-598-11545-8.
  7. ^ Wurzbach, Constantin von (1856). "Arnstein, Benedikt David". Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich (in German). Vol. 1. p. 69.
  8. ^ "Arnstein, Bened. Dav.". Oesterreichische National-Encyklopädie (in German). Vol. 1. Vienna: Mich. Schmidl's Witwe und Ign. Klang. 1838. pp. 123–124.
  9. ^ Wininger, Salomon (1925). Große jüdische National-Biographie (in German). Vol. 1. Czernowitz: Orient. p. 146.
  10. ^ Heuer, Renate, ed. (1992). "Band 1 A - Benc". Arnstein, Benedikt David (auch: Arnsteiner). Lexikon deutsch-jüdischer Autoren (in German). Vol. 1. Munich: K. G. Saur. pp. 201–203. doi:10.1515/9783110975864. ISBN 3-598-22681-0.
  11. ^ Wingfield, Nancy M. (2007). "Emperor Joseph II in the Austrian Imagination up to 1914". In Cole, Laurence; Unowsky, Daniel L. (eds.). The Limits of Loyalty: Imperial Symbolism, Popular Allegiances, and State Patriotism in the Late Habsburg Monarchy. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-85745-224-5.
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