On Novalis'Reflection of Goethe's Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship

Novalis'comment on Goethe's Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeshipand his romantic novel Heinrich von Ofterdingen are not criticism on Goethe himself but rather aimed at expressing the collision with traditional poetry and aesthetics.As a German Romantic writer,he was trying to reflect the rationalism of Enlightenment,with which Goethe is closely identified,and the poetic principles of classical Realism.He was devoted to pursuing the truth about poetry through an indefinite cause,thus drawing connections of the definite and the indefinite in terms of both the idea and practice of poetry.Novalis empowered poetry with the wonder and beauty of the night by his unique imagination and encouraged poets to strive toward an ideal land.He has left indelible legacy along with the development and success of Romantic literature in Germany.