Hymnen an die Nacht / Die Christenheit oder Europa

Novalis, 1772-1801

Hymnen an die Nacht / Die Christenheit oder Europa - 1 online resource : multiple file formats

Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_or_Europe_(Novalis) Release date is 2013-09-27

Produced by Norbert H. Langkau, Norbert Müller and the
Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Produced by Norbert H. Langkau, Norbert Müller and the
Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

"Hymnen an die Nacht / Die Christenheit oder Europa" by Novalis is a work written between October and November 1799. The pamphlet presents a philosophy of history and religion for a Europe destabilized by Napoleon's rise and the Pope's death. Novalis argues that political ideologies and nationalism have filled the spiritual void left by religion's decline, leaving Europe disenchanted. He envisions a renewed Christianity based on poetic inspiration and aesthetics that could usher in a new golden age, transforming the continent into a universal spiritual community beyond war and nationalism. (This is an automatically generated summary.)



German poetry Christianity in literature

PT