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Hymns to the Night (Hymnen an die Nacht) is a set of six prose poems written by the German Romantic poet Novalis (Georg Philipp Friedrich von Hardenberg) and published in 1800. [1] The poems were written in response to the death of Novalis' fiance, Sophie von Kuehn, in 1797. [2]
The krautrock band Novalis took their name from Novalis and used his poems for lyrics on their albums. Novalis records, which are produced by AVC Audio Visual Communications AG, Switzerland, was named in tribute to Novalis's writings. The avant-garde filmmaker Stan Brakhage made the short film First Hymn to the Night – Novalis in 1994.
Centaurea cyanus, common in the native lands of Novalis. A blue flower (German: Blaue Blume) was a central symbol of inspiration for the Romanticism movement, and remains an enduring motif in Western art today. [1] It stands for desire, love, and the metaphysical striving for the infinite and unreachable. It symbolizes hope and the beauty of ...
Poem Film(s) "Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic, Sung in the Year 1888" (1888), Ernest Thayer: Casey at the Bat (1916) Casey at the Bat (1927) Make Mine Music (1946) "The Charge of the Light Brigade" (1854), Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Balaclava (1928) The Charge of the Light Brigade (1912) The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
Transcendental poetry is a term related to the theory of poetry and literature and, more precisely, to the fields of aesthetics and romantic philosophy. [1] The expression "transcendental poetry" was created by the German critic and philosopher Friedrich Schlegel (1772-1829) and also used by the poet and philosopher Friedrich von Hardenberg (1772-1801), also known as Novalis.
Pier Paolo Pasolini (Italian: [ˈpjɛr ˈpaːolo pazoˈliːni]; 5 March 1922 – 2 November 1975) was an Italian poet, film director, writer, actor and playwright.He is considered one of the defining public intellectuals in 20th-century Italian history, influential both as an artist and a political figure.
The novel is based on the life of Friedrich von Hardenberg (1772–1801) before he became famous under the name Novalis. [4] It covers the years from 1790 to 1797 when von Hardenberg was a student of history, philosophy and law at the universities of Jena, Leipzig and Wittenberg, and before he embarked on his professional life.
Itzig had been a member of the Berlin literary group called the Nordstern, or "North Star", and he gave Hoffmann the works of Novalis, Ludwig Tieck, Achim von Arnim, Clemens Brentano, Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert, Carlo Gozzi and Calderón. These relatively late introductions marked his work profoundly.