Denmark delineated, or Sketches of the present state of that country; with engravings Volume 1 - Softcover
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1824 edition. Excerpt: ...bore sway in Denmark. Holberg wrote altogether from thirty to forty comedies, many of which have been translated and imitated in the most current European languages. In illustration of the merits of his plays, it may be proper to quote the opinions of some competent judges. Some of his admirers go so far as to maintain, that H0lberg's plays do not yield in any respect to the best of Moliere's, and in many points surpass them; and that in comic vigour, and delineation of character, they might bear a comparison with Shakspeare's. Professor Steffens, one of the most eminent critics in Germany, in a work entitled,. The present Age,' observes, that Denmark possesses in Holberg a comic dramatist, such as scarcely any other modern nation can boast of:--and Mr. Heiberg, a Danish gentleman who has resided many years in France, and whose name will be familiar to such of my readers as are conversant with modern French literature, expresses the following sentiments concerning Holberg. " After having for many years studied the dramatic poets of all ancient and modern nations, I / may say, I have come to the conclusion, that there are but three comic dramatists who really deserve that name--Plautus, Moliere, and Holberg." The circumstance of Mr. Heiberg being himself the second in rank as a Danish comic dramatist, must add great weight to his opinion. Although nearly a century has now elapsed since Holberg wrote his comedies, they continue, even in these days of prudish refinement, to preserve their popularity. His merits as a writer of low comedy, as Suhm has observed, will ever remain unrivalled; for he not only depicted to admiration the manners of his own age, but he produced generally delineations of human nature, which...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1824 edition. Excerpt: ...bore sway in Denmark. Holberg wrote altogether from thirty to forty comedies, many of which have been translated and imitated in the most current European languages. In illustration of the merits of his plays, it may be proper to quote the opinions of some competent judges. Some of his admirers go so far as to maintain, that H0lberg's plays do not yield in any respect to the best of Moliere's, and in many points surpass them; and that in comic vigour, and delineation of character, they might bear a comparison with Shakspeare's. Professor Steffens, one of the most eminent critics in Germany, in a work entitled,. The present Age,' observes, that Denmark possesses in Holberg a comic dramatist, such as scarcely any other modern nation can boast of:--and Mr. Heiberg, a Danish gentleman who has resided many years in France, and whose name will be familiar to such of my readers as are conversant with modern French literature, expresses the following sentiments concerning Holberg. " After having for many years studied the dramatic poets of all ancient and modern nations, I / may say, I have come to the conclusion, that there are but three comic dramatists who really deserve that name--Plautus, Moliere, and Holberg." The circumstance of Mr. Heiberg being himself the second in rank as a Danish comic dramatist, must add great weight to his opinion. Although nearly a century has now elapsed since Holberg wrote his comedies, they continue, even in these days of prudish refinement, to preserve their popularity. His merits as a writer of low comedy, as Suhm has observed, will ever remain unrivalled; for he not only depicted to admiration the manners of his own age, but he produced generally delineations of human nature, which...
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