Keeping it in the family? The creative collaborations of Sophie and Dorothea Tieck
This essay explores the nature and extent of the collective aesthetic practices of the creative writer Sophie Tieck-Bernhardi-Knorring (1775-1833) and the literary translator Dorothea Tieck (1799-1841), primarily in relation to their collaborative ventures with the 'king of German Romanticism' Ludwig Tieck (1773-1853). The study addresses the politics of family and sibling creative partnerships, as well as the group dynamics of late eighteenth and early to mid-nineteenth century writers' circles and literary salons, inasmuch as they comprised individuals who shared and pooled ideas, values and visions and committed to similar poetic processes. Copyright © 2010 Thomson Reuters