The birth of Novalis
Subtitle: Friedrich von Hardenberg's journal of 1797, with selected letters and documents
By: Novalis (Friedrich von Hardenberg) ; translated and edited by, Bruce Donehower.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Albany, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9780791469699
Description: "Friedrich von Hardenberg, who later became known as the poet Novalis, kept a journal between April and July 1797 that captured his moods, thoughts, and observations following the death of his fifteen-year-old fiancee Sophie von Kuhn and his dearly loved younger brother Erasmus. The journal's short, day-to-day entries allow a frank and candid glimpse into the inner life of the maturing poet, and are complemented by selections from Hardenberg's letters. Taken together, and read in conjunction with the fragments written before, during, and shortly after this period of time, the journal and letters shed light on a process of self-discovery during which Hardenberg became convinced of his poetic vocation and acknowledged this conviction in an act of self-christening, as the poet Novalis."--Jacket.