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 fiancée Sophie von Kühn 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.
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction
“Reading” Novalis
The Meeting with Sophie von Kühn
The Journal of 1797 and Selected Letters
Selected Letters and Documents: 1792–1797
Journal: April 18–July 6, 1797
Autobiographical and Biographical Testimonies
Friedrich von Hardenberg: Excerpt from a Letter to Finance Minister von Oppel, 1800
Karl von Hardenberg: Biography of His Brother Novalis, 1802
August Cölestin Just: Friedrich von Hardenberg, Assessor of Salt Mines in Saxony and Designated Department Director in Thuringia, 1805
Ludwig Tieck: “Biography of Novalis, ” 1815
Timeline of Events
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index
Over de auteur
Bruce Donehower is Lecturer in the University Writing Program at the University of California at Davis. He is the author of
Miko, Little Hunter of the North.
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