Notes for a Romantic Encyclopaedia: Das Allgemeine Brouillon

by Novalis

Book Overview

Novalis (1772-1801) was the foremost poet-philosopher of early German Romanticism. Universally acclaimed as a poetic genius for such works as Hymns to the Night and the unfinished novel Heinrich von Ofterdingen, he especially favored the fragment form for his philosophical meditations. The latter reach their climax in this volume, his astonishing plan for a universal science. David W. Wood is a PhD candidate in German Idealism...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791469743
• ISBN13: 9780791469743
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"