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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
NOVALIS: HYMNS TO THE NIGHT
A new edition of Novalis' Hymns To the Night, and Spiritual
Songs, translated by George Macdonald, with an introduction and
notes by Carol Appleby.
Includes the German text.
Novalis (Friedrich von Hardenberg, 1772-1801) is the most
mystical of the German Romantic poets. He is at once the most
typical and the most unusual of the German Romantic writers,
indeed, of all Romantic poets. His best known work, Hymns To the
Night, was published in 1800.
Novalis is supremely idealistic, far more so than Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe or Heinrich Heine. He died young, which makes
him, like Percy Bysshe Shelley and John Keats, something of a hero
(or martyr). He did not write as much as Shelley, but his work,
like that of Keats or Arthur Rimbaud, promised much. For Michael
Hamburger, Novalis' poetry is almost totally idealistic:
Novalis's philosophy, then, is not mystical, but utopian. That
is why his imaginative works are almost wholly lacking in conflict.
They are a perpetual idyll.
It's true that Novalis' work is supremely idealistic, and
utopian. But it is also mystical, because it points towards the
invisible, unseen and unknown, and aims to reach that ecstatic
realm. Novalis wrote:
The sense of poetry has much in common with that for mysticism.
It is the sense of the peculiar, personal, unknown, mysterious, for
what is to be revealed, the necessary-accidental. It represents the
unrepresentable. It sees the invisible, feels the unfeelable,
etc... The sense for poetry has a close relationship with the sense
for augury and the religious sense, with the sense for prophecy in
general.
Glyn Hughes remarks of Novalis: 'The sustaining interest in the
reading of Novalis's works is the sense of contact with a mind of
visionary intensity and total commitment. The poetic achievement is
in the momentary glimpses of ideal reality: what, in other
contexts, we should call epiphanies. (61)
The translator of Hymns To the Night, Scottish fantasist George
Macdonald (1824-95), included Lewis Carroll and John Ruskin among
his literary friends. His well-known works were Phantastes (1858),
Lilith (1895), Bannerman's Boyhood and the Curdie children's
stories: The Princess and the Goblin (1872) and The Princess and
Curdie (1882). Macdonald's books were a significant in uence on
both J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis.
Illustrated. With bibliography and notes. 160 pages. ISBN
9781861713525.
www.crmoon.com
Where so many existing books on psychiatry in a prison setting
focus on either standards or issues of medication, Psychotherapy in
Corrections is unique in its focus on the actual practice of
psychotherapy in correctional facilities. With a particular
emphasis on supportive psychotherapy with adult patients, this
guide draws on the authors' extensive experience in the field and
features case vignettes that serve to bring some of the most
important points to life. Organized into four parts, it covers: *
The relationship between psychotherapy and corrections; supportive
therapy techniques; and issues that affect new or returning
prisoners* How to address core issues in helping prisoners,
including self-harm and suicidality, trauma and stressor-related
disorders, and substance use disorders* Key disorders encountered
in correctional settings, including serious mental illness; mood
disorders, including bipolar disorder and depression; and
personality disorders, including psychopathy* Special
considerations, including the experience of women in prison;
behaviors and problems that can disrupt care; cultural issues; and
preparing prisoners for release Diagnostically oriented chapters,
each of which features key points and provides quick access when
referencing specific conditions and scenarios. Psychotherapy in
Corrections also incorporates the latest developments in society
wrought by the pandemic and ongoing conversations about social
justice, acknowledging the effects that COVID-19 has had on
conditions within prisons and the issues that affect therapists
practicing in a correctional setting, such as the treatment of the
poor, minorities, and traditionally disadvantaged persons. All
those practicing in correctional settings-whether psychiatrists,
psychologists, mid-level mental health practitioners, social
workers, professional counselors, and others-will benefit from the
practical and detailed approach in this comprehensive volume that
will equip them to focus on and treat the human before them,
irrespective of their crime or the setting.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
This volume presents the first complete translation of Fichte Studies, a critique of Fichtean philosophy by the young philosopher-poet Friedrich von Hardenberg. Under the pen-name Novalis, von Hardenberg became the most well-known and beloved of the early German Romantic writers. Those interested in the fate of German philosophy and literature immediately following Kant will find that this collection of notes and aphorisms consists of original contributions on the nature of self-consciousness, the relationship of art to philosophy, and the nature of philosophical inquiry.
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