Format:
x, 255 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
ISBN:
9781472450708
Content:
Introduction -- Introduction, part 1: the author's life and career / Sebastian Olden-Jørgensen -- Introduction, part 2: the author and the work / Knud Haakonssen -- Part I: Lives. Holberg's authorial personae / Thomas Ewen Daltveit Slettebø -- Holberg's autobiographical letters / Karen Skovgaard-Petersen -- Part II: Morals. Holberg's law of nature and nations / Knud Haakonssen -- Morals and religion in Holberg's essays / Jørgen Magnus Sejersted -- Heroes and heroines: the lives of men and women / Kristoffer Schmidt -- Journeys of humour and satire: Peder Paars and Niels Klim / Karen Skovgaard-Petersen -- Holberg's comedies: intentions and inspirations / Bent Holm -- Part III: Histories. History: national, universal and dynastic / Sebastian Olden-Jørgensen -- General church history / Rolv Nøtvik Jakobsen -- Holberg's Jewish history / Jørgen Magnus Sejersted -- Part IV: Texts. Writings by Holberg in English / Eiliv Vinje
Content:
"Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754) was the foremost representative of the Danish-Norwegian Enlightenment and also a European figure of note. He was an Enlightenment thinker in the conventional sense, with significant works in natural law and history, but also a very important body of moral essays and epistles. He authored several engaging autobiographies and European travelogues; and - not least - a major utopian novel that was a European bestseller, a couple of interesting satires, and a large number of plays, mainly comedies. These comedies have secured Holberg's status as the most significant playwright in Scandinavia before Ibsen and Strindberg; his plays remain hugely popular and have hardly been off the stage since he died. Through his extensive oeuvre, but especially through his plays, Holberg had a decisive influence on the formation of modern Danish as a literary language, something that was a self-conscious effort on the part of a man who saw himself as an educator of the public. Despite all these accomplishments Holberg is most often remembered outside of the Nordic countries for Edvard Grieg's Holberg Suite and in the title of one of the most prestigious prizes in the humanities. It is the aim of the contributors to this volume to revive Holberg as a very major figure from a very minor corner of the Enlightenment world, presenting the latest scholarship from Scandinavia on the main areas of Holberg's work with serious emphasis on the wider European Enlightenment context and perspectives. It will appeal to all those researching intellectual history, history of philosophy, literary history/studies, theatre studies, church historiography, Scandinavian studies and Enlightenment Europe."--
Note:
"The book is a fruit of the project ’Holberg’s Ideologies’ that was conducted at the University of Bergen during 2013 and 2014." - Seite x
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781315593098
Language:
English
Subjects:
Scandinavian Studies
Keywords:
Skandinavien
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Europa
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Geistesgeschichte 1680-1790
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Holberg, Ludvig 1684-1754
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Dänisch
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Literatur
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Aufklärung
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Geistesgeschichte 1680-1790
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Skandinavien
;
Europa
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