Hymns to the Night

E209723

literary work poetry collection prose poem cycle

Hymns to the Night is a seminal cycle of mystical and lyrical prose-poems by the German Romantic writer Novalis, exploring themes of death, love, and spiritual transcendence.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Hymnen an die Nacht	4
Hymns to the Night canonical	3
Hymn to the Night	1
Hymns to the Night (English)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	literary work ⓘ poetry collection ⓘ prose poem cycle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Hymns to the Night ⓘ surface form: Hymnen an die Nacht
author	Novalis ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Germany ⓘ
firstPublicationDate	1800 ⓘ
firstPublishedIn	Athenaeum ⓘ
form	cycle of six hymns ⓘ
genre	lyrical prose ⓘ mystical literature ⓘ religious poetry ⓘ
hasInfluenced	symbolist literature ⓘ
hasPart	Hymn I ⓘ Hymn II ⓘ Hymn III ⓘ Hymn V ⓘ surface form: Hymn IV Hymn V ⓘ Hymn VI ⓘ
hasTranslation	Hymns to the Night self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hymns to the Night (English)
influencedBy	Christian theology ⓘ Pietism ⓘ death of Sophie von Kühn ⓘ mystical philosophy ⓘ
literaryInfluenceOn	European mystical literature ⓘ German Romantic poetry ⓘ
literaryPeriod	Romanticism ⓘ
movement	Jena Romanticism ⓘ surface form: German Romanticism
narrativeMode	first person ⓘ
notableEnglishTranslator	Dick Higgins ⓘ George MacDonald ⓘ
numberOfParts	6 ⓘ
originalLanguage	German ⓘ
originalTitle	Hymns to the Night self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hymnen an die Nacht
publicationFormat	periodical ⓘ
setting	symbolic night landscape ⓘ
symbol	beloved as mediator to transcendence ⓘ death as transformation ⓘ night as gateway to the divine ⓘ
theme	Christian mysticism ⓘ consolation ⓘ death ⓘ grief ⓘ longing ⓘ love ⓘ night ⓘ spiritual transcendence ⓘ the afterlife ⓘ union with the divine ⓘ

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Novalis → notableWork → Hymns to the Night ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hymnen an die Nacht

Voices of the Night → hasPart → Hymns to the Night ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hymn to the Night

Hymns to the Night → hasTranslation → Hymns to the Night self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hymns to the Night (English)

Hymns to the Night → alsoKnownAs → Hymns to the Night ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hymnen an die Nacht

Hymns to the Night → originalTitle → Hymns to the Night self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hymnen an die Nacht

Die Lehrlinge zu Sais → relatedWork → Hymns to the Night ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hymnen an die Nacht

Sophie von Kühn → inspiredWork → Hymns to the Night ⓘ

Jena Romantic circle → notableWorkContext → Hymns to the Night ⓘ