Frauenliebe und Leben : Chamissos poems and Schumanns songs Rufus Hallmarks book explores Robert Schumanns beloved yet controversial song cycle Frauenliebe und Leben and the poems of Adelbert von Chamisso on which it is based setting them in the context of the challenges and social expectations faced by women in early nineteenth century Germany. Hallmark provides the most extensive English language study of Chamisso a poet little known today outside Germany including a biographical sketch and excerpts from his other poetry