Buch, Englisch, Band 8, 238 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 544 g
Reihe: Internationale Forschungen zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft
A Study in Influence and Reception
Buch, Englisch, Band 8, 238 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 544 g
Reihe: Internationale Forschungen zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN: 978-90-5183-809-1
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi
Above all, Holberg was a towering cosmopolitan figure in eighteenth-century intellectual life, extremely well-read not only in the classics but also in contemporary literature. Furthermore, he was one of the most avid travelers of his time. He saw himself foremost as a European writer, attacking provincialism and narrow-mindedness wherever he encountered it. Holberg was strongly influenced by the European intellectual tradition and, in return also impacted literary trends abroad. This volume, written by experts from various countries, attempts to place Holberg in this international context. It highlights both the European influence on him and the influence he exerted in his own time as well as the fascination he holds to this very day because of his probing, critical mind, complex personality and, above all, because of the purely artistic quality and modernity found particularly in his immortal comedies.