Novalis

[ noh-vah-lis ]

/ noʊˈvɑ lɪs /

noun

pen name of Friedrich von Hardenberg,1772–1801, German poet.

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Did not Novalis feel his inspiration intensified under the progress of consumption?

The Lifted Veil |George Eliot
Like his contemporary Novalis, he feels that darkness, by veiling visible nature, forces man's Ego back into itself.

Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature - 1. The Emigrant Literature |Georg Brandes
What is it that Novalis says: "It is certain my conviction gains infinitely the moment an other soul will believe in it."

A Personal Record |Joseph Conrad
Novalis relegated everything to the inner life, the inner world.

Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature, Vol. II (of 6): The Romantic School in Germany |Georg Brandes

Two philosophical works followed, a study on Novalis and Le Trsor des humbles .

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 3 |Various

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Novalis

/ (German noˈvaːlɪs) /

noun

real name Friedrich von Hardenberg. 1772–1801, German romantic poet. His works include the mystical Hymnen an die Nacht (1797; published 1800) and Geistliche Lieder (1799)

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