Chambers's Encyclopaedia Volume 3; A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People epub
Chambers's Encyclopaedia Volume 3; A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People epub

Chambers's Encyclopaedia Volume 3; A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Books Group

Chambers's Encyclopaedia Volume 3; A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People
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Author: Books Group
Number of Pages: 900 pages
Published Date: 01 May 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781231344538
Download Link: Chambers's Encyclopaedia Volume 3; A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People
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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. 1864 Excerpt: ...impetus to the cultivation of the Danish language, which not all the studied neglect of the court-party, and their persistence in the use of German, could check. The 18th c. produced many good historical critics--as, for instance, Torfajus, Langebek, Schoning, and Suhm, Magnteus, the Icelandic scholar, Thorlacius, and Thorkelin, learned in ancient northern lore, and Bosenvinge, the jurist Among the epic and dramatic poets of that age, Ewald stands foremost, whose national lyrics evince true poetic genius. The close of the century was, however, unfavourable to mental development and freedom of thought; and the best writers, as in the case of Malte Brunn and the poet Heiberg, were either compelled to leave the country, or to abstain from giving expression to their opinions. Among the more recent writers, we may instance the poet Oelilenschlaer--whose national tragedies and lyrical legends of Scandinavian mythology have rekindled all the long slumbering fire of Danish patriotism--Baggesen, Winther, Hauch, F. P. Mtiller, Heiberg, Hertz, H. C. Andersen, Rosenhoff, Hoist, and Overskou. Ingemann, who stands -U DANKALI--DANTE. first as a writer of historical novels, has also written good lyrics, and his subjects have generally been taken from the national history. Short tales or novellettes would seem, however, to be more congenial to the taste of the Danes, and most of their best writers of fiction have adopted this form--as, for instance, Blicher, Heiberg, Trane, Andersen, Winther, Carit Etlar, &c. The names of Oersted, Schouw, Forchhammer, Bask, Finn Magnussen, Worsaa, Grundtvig, Petersen, and Eschricht, sufficiently attest the stand that the physical sciences, philology and archaeology, have attained in Denmark in the present day. Thorwaldsen, by the gi..

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