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Georg Brandes
Georg Morris Cohen Brandes (
Georg Brandes is widely understood to have inspired the intellectual leftist movement of the inter-war period known as
Biography
He was born in
In 1866, he took part in the controversy raised by the works of
Brandes now took his place as the leading northern European critic, applying to local conditions and habits of thought the methods of Taine. He became "docent" or reader in "Belles Lettres" at the
In the midst of these polemics the critic began to issue the most ambitious of his works, "Main Currents in the Literature of the Nineteenth Century", of which four volumes appeared between 1872 and 1875 (English translation, 1901-1905). The brilliant novelty of this criticism of the literature of major European countries at the beginning of the 19th century, and his description of the general revolt against the pseudo-classicism of the 18th century, at once attracted attention outside Denmark. The tumult which gathered round the person of the critic increased the success of the work, and the reputation of Brandes grew apace, especially in
His "Danish Poets" (1877), containing studies of Carsten Hauch,
In 1877 Brandes left Copenhagen and settled in
He was afterwards engaged on a history of modern Scandinavian literature. In his critical work, which extended over a wider field than that of any other living writer, Brandes was aided by a singularly charming style, lucid and reasonable, enthusiastic without extravagance, brilliant and coloured without affectation. His influence on the Scandinavian writers of the 1880s was very great, but a reaction, headed by
Between the years of 1886 and 1888 Brandes was engaged in a relationship with the Swedish authoress
After 1890, Brandes partly turned away from the direct fight, concentrating around "great personalities" who enlightened the life of their mediocre contemporaries. In this period, he discovered
The influence of Brandes faded somewhat after 1900 but he was still considered a leading figure of Danish literary life and his international reputation was growing. In many ways he became a modern Scandinavian
Today, Brandes still stands as one of the most influential inspirations of Danish literature, an equal of Holberg and
His brother
Georg Brandes and contemporary Danish politics
Georg Brandes influence continues until today, and has for long inspired politicians, writers and given birth to a strong cultural and critical tradition within the liberal and social movements in Denmark. Georg Brandes is also remembered by the right wing of Danish politics, and
Quotes
* Being gifted needs courage (1869)
* That a literature in our time is living is shown in that way that it debates problems. (1871)" [needs correction?] "
* Poor is the power of the lead that becomes bullets compared to the power of the hot metal that becomes types. (1900)
* He who does not understand a joke, he does not understand Danish (1906)
* The Danish glee: the national version of cheerfulness. (1909)
* The stream of time sweeps away errors, and leaves the truth for the inheritance of humanity
Literature
* Bertil Nolin: "Georg Brandes." Gloucester, Mass., 1976.
* Hans Hertel (ed.): "The Activist Critic. A Symposium on the Political Ideas, Literary Methods and International Reception of Georg Brandes." Copenhagen, 1980.
* Doris R. Asmundsson: "Georg Brandes. Aristocratic Radical." N. Y., 1981.
* W. Glyn Jones (ed.): "Georg Brandes. Selected Letters." Norvik Press, 1990.
External links
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Источник: Georg Brandes
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