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Moral Reflections and Epistles

Moral Reflections and Epistles( )
Author: Holberg, Ludvig
Introduction by: Mitchell, P. M.
Translator: Mitchell, P. M.
Series title:Norvik Press Series A
ISBN:978-1-870041-16-4
Publication Date:Dec 1991
Publisher:Norvik Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $35.95
Book Description:

As Mitchell writes in his introduction to the Moral Reflections, they are read `to weigh the author's values against one's own and to penetrate the mind of the outstanding literary figure of Scandinavia in the first half of the 18th century, and thu

Book Details
Pages:200
Detailed Subjects: Philosophy / History & Surveys / Modern
Book Weight:0.635 Pounds
Author Biography
Holberg, Ludvig (Author)
Holberg, the outstanding genius of the Danish Enlightenment, contributed in the areas of history, philosophy, and literature. His name stands by that of Moliere as a master of European comedy. In his own country, 33 comedies created a national repertoire and a theatrical tradition.

Holberg's strength in creative writing lay not in extended plot but in the individual scene, the anecdote, the characterization. Peder Paars (1719), a mock heroic poem, gave Holberg the framework in which to satirize the government, the church, and the university. The novel Niels Klim (1741) likewise reported on human foibles. Students of eighteenth-century European literature will want to seek out translations of Holberg's philosophical writing.

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