Margaret Fuller’s Reading Worlds

Author

Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf(1700–1760)

Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf is documented in Fuller’s books and manuscripts (1843–1845). One work is named, most often in Woman in the Nineteenth Century, and the most intensive engagement recorded is “quoted”.

Engagement
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Books · Manuscripts
Documented
1843–1845
Totals count documented engagements, once at the earliest witness. How we count →

Reprints, Memoirs passages, and repeat notes within a single manuscript are shown but never counted twice. Evidence for this author is selective, not exhaustive. Methodology →

Confirmed reading

Passages where the evidence goes beyond allusion to indicate that Fuller had Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf’s work in hand — an explicit statement of reading, sustained excerpting or translation, or a specific reading episode recorded by those who knew her.

  • undatedWork not namedDemonstrated

    “Such a pilgrim Count Zinzendorf seems to have found in his Countess, of whom he thus writes: 'Twenty-five years' experience has shown me...”

    Woman in the Nineteenth Century · Twenty-five years' experience

    Substantial quoted passage from Zinzendorf (~65-line span) with continuation ellipsis.

In Fuller’s words

“The simple praise with which the husband indicates the religion, the judgment, and the generosity he saw in her, are as satisfying as Count Zinzendorf's more labored eulogium on his "noble consort.”
Eulogium on Countess Erdmuth Dorothea von Zinzendorf · Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 · 1843

When Fuller engaged with Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf

I. Childhood
II. Adolescence
III. Self-Directed
IV. Transcendentalist
V. New York2records
VI. Europe
✦. Memoirs (1852)
1810
1820
1832
1836
1844
1846
1850

This page brings together documented engagements currently identified within the Fuller Reading Worlds catalog.

Zinzendorf in Fuller’s reading world

Documentary evidence

Selected passages from Fuller’s own writings, in chronological order.

1843—

Summer on the Lakes, in 1843

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“The simple praise with which the husband indicates the religion, the judgment, and the generosity he saw in her, are as satisfying as Count Zinzendorf's more labored eulogium on his "noble consort.”

Fuller, Margaret. Summer on the Lakes, in 1843. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1844.

Inferred Fuller names 'Count Zinzendorf' and refers to his 'more labored eulogium on his noble consort.' Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf (1700–1760), founder of the Moravian Brethren, was married to Erdmuth Dorothea von Reuss (1700–1756), who died four years before him. Zinzendorf wrote extensively about the role of women in the Moravian community and composed tributes to his wife.

1845—

Woman in the Nineteenth Century

p70
quoted · read
“pilgrim Count Zinzendorf seems to have found in his Countess, of whom he thus writes: "Twenty-five years' experience has shown me that whom I have, is the only one that could suit my vocation...”

Fuller, Margaret. Woman in the Nineteenth Century. New York: Greeley & McElrath, 1845.

A long passage attributed to Count Zinzendorf in praise of his wife; no specific work title given. Footnote 'Spangenberg' identifies the observer who reports on their relationship.

Undated

Pieces with no legible date. They are part of the record but cannot be placed on the lifeline.

n.d.—

Translations from German

p. 53
mentionedManuscript page
“He read the Bible diligently also the works of Lavater and Zinzendorf.”

Fuller, Margaret. "Translations from German." Houghton Library, Harvard University; bMS Am 1086; Box 5 (101).

Inferred Tieck mentions 'the works of Zinzendorf' but names no specific title; Zinzendorf's most influential writings were his hymns and theological treatises connected with the Herrnhut (Moravian Brethren) community; Novalis's family was Herrnhutian and Zinzendorf was the founder of that community, making his Brüdergemeine hymnal and sermons the most likely texts.

n.d.—

Woman in the Nineteenth Century

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quoted · read
“Such a pilgrim Count Zinzendorf seems to have found in his Countess, of whom he thus writes: 'Twenty-five years' experience has shown me...”

Fuller, Margaret. Woman in the Nineteenth Century. New York: Greeley & McElrath, 1845.

Inferred Substantial quoted passage from Zinzendorf (~65-line span) with continuation ellipsis.