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Novalis

American  
[noh-vah-lis] / noʊˈvɑ lɪs /

noun

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


Novalis British  
/ noˈvaːlɪs /

noun

  1. 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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Abrams quotes the 18th-century German Romantic Novalis: "The higher philosophy is concerned with the marriage of Nature and Mind."

From Salon Nov. 19, 2022

As Novalis had it, in “poeticizing,” the self demonstrates that it is free.

From Washington Post Sep. 22, 2022

Fragments also needed “little research and could be composed over a glass of wine or a meal,” Wulf writes, making them perfect for young Friedrich Schlegel and his friend Novalis.

From New York Times Sep. 14, 2022

That pronouncement, by the German writer Novalis, appears as an epigraph to “The Blue Flower,” Penelope Fitzgerald’s great historical novel about him.

From The New Yorker Oct. 15, 2018

She was in her fourteenth year when Novalis became acquainted with her; and the spring and summer of 1795 were indeed the blooming season of his life.

From Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance. by Friedrich von Hardenberg

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