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Georg Morris Cohen Brandes (1842-1927) was a Danish critic and scholar who had great influence on Scandinavian and European literature from the 1870s through the turn of the 20th century.… Mehr…

Georg Morris Cohen Brandes (1842-1927) was a Danish critic and scholar who had great influence on Scandinavian and European literature from the 1870s through the turn of the 20th century. Normally he is seen as the theorist behind "the Modern Break-through" of Scandinavian culture. At the age of 30, Brandes formulated the principles of a new realism and naturalism, condemning hyper-aesthetic writing and fantasy in literature. In 1866, he took part in the controversy raised by the works of Georg Morris Cohen Brandes (1842-1927) was a Danish critic and scholar who had great influence on Scandinavian and European literature from the 1870s through the turn of the 20th century. Normally he is seen as the theorist behind "the Modern Break-through" of Scandinavian culture. At the age of 30, Brandes formulated the principles of a new realism and naturalism, condemning hyper-aesthetic writing and fantasy in literature. In 1866, he took part in the controversy raised by the works of Rasmus Nielsen in a treatise on "Dualism in our Recent Philosophy. " From 1865 to 1871 he travelled much in Europe, acquainting himself with the condition of literature in the principal centres of learning. His first important contribution to letters was his Aesthetic Studies (1868). In 1870 he published several important volumes, The French Aesthetics of the Present Day, dealing chiefly with Hippolyte Taine, Criticisms and Portraits, and a translation of The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill, whom he had met that year during a visit to England. His other works include: Poems (1896), Recollections of My Childhood and Youth (1906) and Complete Works (21 volumes) (1910). Books, Biography & Autobiography~~Personal Memoirs, Recollections-Of-My-Childhood-And-Youth~~Georg-Morris-Cohen-Brandes, , , , , , , , , , Dodo Press<

ISBN: 9781409969600

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