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Novalis

Born

in Mansfeld, Oberwiederstedt, Germany

May 02, 1772

Died

March 25, 1801

Genre

Poetry, Fiction, Spirituality

Influences

Jakob Böhme, Friedrich Schlegel ...more

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Novalis was the pseudonym of Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg, an author and philosopher of early German Romanticism.

His poetry and writings were an influence on Hermann Hesse. Novalis was also a huge influence on George MacDonald, and so indirectly on C.S. Lewis, the Inklings, and the whole modern fantasy genre. ...more

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	Hymns to the Night by Novalis, Dick Higgins (Translator) 4.01 avg rating — 2,833 ratings — published 1800 — 129 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Henry von Ofterdingen 3.53 avg rating — 1,801 ratings — published 1802	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Novices of Sais by Novalis, Paul Klee (Illustrator), Ralph Manheim (Translator) 3.94 avg rating — 436 ratings — published 1802 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Philosophical Writings by Novalis, Margaret Mahony Stoljar (Editor/Translator) 4.30 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 1978 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fragmentos de Novalis by Novalis, Rui Chafes (Trad., Prefácio e Ilustração) 3.93 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 1968 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pollen and Fragments: Selected Poetry and Prose 4.22 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 1989 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fragmente und Studien. Die Christenheit oder Europa 3.33 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 1799 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heinrich von Ofterdingen ; Die Lehrlinge zu Sais 3.55 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1978 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gedichte. Die Lehrlinge zu Sais. 3.72 avg rating — 47 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Notes for a Romantic Encyclopaedia: Das Allgemeine Brouillon (Suny Series, Intersections: Philosophy and Critical Theory) by Novalis, David W. Wood (Introduction) 4.59 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2000 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.”
― Novalis

tags: healing, poetry

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“Philosophy is really nostalgia, the desire to be at home.”
― Novalis

tags: home, nostalgia, philosophy

179 likes

“To romanticize the world is to make us aware of the magic, mystery and wonder of the world; it is to educate the senses to see the ordinary as extraordinary, the familiar as strange, the mundane as sacred, the finite as infinite.”
― Novalis

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