First published in 1955, this volume contains three works by Friedrich von Hardenberg (1772 1801), the German Romantic philosopher and poet whose pseudonym Novalis was an ancient family name. The works, each given in the original German, include the only existing sections of Novalis's unfinished novel, Die Lehrlinge zu Sais; a selection of ideas published as a literary fragment in 1798 under the title Blutenstaub; and Die Christenheit oder Europa, an essay in cultural history. Of these, only Blutenstaub was published before Novalis's death in 1801 at the age of 28. This volume also contains a preface in English by Brian A. Rowley, which contextualizes the three works and offers a cursory description of Novalis's life."
- ISBN10 0521058457
- ISBN13 9780521058452
- Publish Date December 1955
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 11 September 1992
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Cambridge University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 110
- Language English