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Contents  Introduction 1 “Reading” Novalis 1 The Meeting with Sophie von Kühn 16 The Journal of 1797 and Selected Letters 26 Selected Letters and Documents: 1792–1797 35 Journal: April 18–July 6, 1797 79 Autobiographical and Biographical Testimonies 99 Friedrich von Hardenberg: Excerpt from a Letter to Finance Minister von Oppel, 1800 99 Karl von Hardenberg: Biography of His Brother Novalis, 1802 105 August Cölestin Just: Friedrich von Hardenberg, Assessor of Salt Mines in Saxony and Designated Department Director in Thuringia, 1805 110 Ludwig Tieck: “Biography of Novalis,” 1815 126 Timeline of Events 137 Notes 141 Select Bibliography 151 Index 157 v ...

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