Georg Brandes
Georg Brandes
Georg Brandes, born Morris Cohen, was a Danish critic and scholar who greatly influenced 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 also fantasy in literature. His literary goals were shared by some other authors, among them the Norwegian "realist" playwright Henrik...
NationalityDanish
ProfessionCritic
Date of Birth4 February 1842
CountryDenmark
He who does not understand a joke, he does not understand Danish.
But I did not find any positive inspiration in my studies until I approached my nineteenth year.
Any feeling that I was enriching my mind from those surrounding me was unfortunately rare with me.
That a literature in our time is living is shown in that way that it debates problems.
The war imbued my tin soldiers with quite a new interest. It was impossible to have boxes enough of them.
I did not know what it was to be happy for a whole day at a time, scarcely for an hour.
Poor is the power of the lead that becomes bullets compared to the power of the hot metal that becomes types.