Hardenberg

[Grassgreen]

My first Novalis, what should read?

 

[Berlepsch]

Whoah, now that's a random question, even for macrumors...

Anyway, Novalis' oeuvre is quite small, so why not read all of it and decide later what you want to study in detail?

 

[Grassgreen]

Whoah, now that's a random question, even for macrumors...

Anyway, Novalis' oeuvre is quite small, so why not read all of it and decide later what you want to study in detail?

Heinrich von Osterdingen, I´m gonna try that.

 

[Huntn]

Hardenburg, a town in Germany? (not afraid to put my ignorance on display).

 

[maflynn]

So what's Hardenberg and what does that have to do with Novalis?

 

[Berlepsch]

So what's Hardenberg and what does that have to do with Novalis?

Georg Philipp Friedrich von Hardenberg (1772-1801), better known under his pen name Novalis, was a German poet and writer of the early romanticism. Liked to use big words and lots of adjectives.


There was also a German prog-rock band during the seventies called Novalis:

 

[maflynn]

Ahh I see, thanks for the clarification and information.