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Discusses the use of dreams in Novalis's novel "Heinrich von Ofterdingen" (1802), in E.T.A. Hoffmann's narrative "Die Bergwerke zu Falun" (1819) and in Charles Nodier's "Smarra" (1821) as the origin of fantastic literature.

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This page is a summary of: Geburt der phantastischen Literatur aus dem Geiste des Traumes? Traum und Phantastik in der romantischen Literatur, January 2003, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-476-02835-8_7.
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