Novalis, Die Christenheit oder Europa. A reading for our times

  • Roberto Bravo de la Varga I.E.S. Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
Keywords: German Romanticism, Novalis, Christianity or Europe, discourse on Europe.

Abstract

Die Christenheit oder Europa

(1799) is a fundamental document in German Romanticism, a provocative essay in which Novalis calls for the restoration of a mystical Europe. The aim of this article is firstly to review the obscurantist legend that has dogged Novalis’ minor work since its origins, before embarking on a new reading of it and attempting to measure the objective importance of its propositions for the present. 

 

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Bravo de la Varga R. (2011). Novalis, Die Christenheit oder Europa. A reading for our times. Revista de Filología Alemana, 27-41. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/RFAL/article/view/36574
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2010: Anejo III. Sincronías en el pasado... diacronías en el presente. Estudios literarios
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