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Georg Brandes

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born

February 04, 1842 in Denmark

died

February 19, 1927

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Georg Morris Cohen Brandes (4 February 1842 – 19 February 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. He is seen as the theorist behind the "Modern Breakthrough" 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. According to Brandes, literature should be an organ "of the great thoughts of liberty and the progress of humanity." His literary goals were shared by many authors, among them the Norwegian realist playwright Henrik Ibsen.
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	Nietzsche: Essai Sur Le Radicalisme Aristocratique by Georg Brandes, Claudine Delphis (Afterword), Marie-Pierre Harder (Translator) 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	My rating:
	William Shakespeare, a Critical Study (Volume 2) 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2006 — 2 editions	My rating:
	On Reading: An Essay 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1906 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Der Wahrheitshass 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:
	Main Currents In Nineteenth Century Literature: Volume 6: Young Germany 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2006 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Main Currents In Nineteenth Century Literature: Volume 5: The Romantic School In France 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2006 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Main Currents In Nineteenth Century Literature: Volume 3: The Reaction In France (1874) 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2006 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Main Currents In Nineteenth Century Literature: Volume 4: Naturalism In England (1875) 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2006 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature: Volume 1: The Emigrant Literature 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2005 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Lord Beaconsfield a Study 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009 — 3 editions	My rating: