AudioPod : Hymns to the Night by Novalis, Rating Adult, Genre Fiction, Romance, Philosophy

Hymns to the Night

Title

Hymns to the Night

Author

Novalis

Age Group

Adult

Rating

Not yet rated.

Genre

Fiction, Romance, Philosophy

Duration

0 hours 24 minutes 29 seconds

Summary

"Hymns to the Night" is the last published work of Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg (1772-1801), the German philosopher and early Romantic poet whose pen name was simply "Novalis". The work alternates poetry and prose, exploring a personal mythology of darkness and light, but it is also a free-associative chronicle of a young man rationalizing the untimely death of his fiance. This version (1897) was translated by influential fantasy author and novelist George MacDonald, who cited it as a great - and early - inspiration. "Hymns to the Night" is also available to Librivox listeners in the original German.

Translated by George MacDonald

(Summary by Pete Williams)

Narrator

Pete Williams



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