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(1684-1754) Danish playwright, essayist and historian. Born in Bergen, Norway, Holberg studied at Copenhagen and settled permanently in Denmark, where he was appointed professor at Copenhagen University, first of philosophy, later of metaphysics and of Latin rhetoric, and finally of history in 1730. A prolific author, he published several voluminous poems, including Peder Paars (1719; trans Bergliot Stromsoe 1962), which describes the Fantastic Voyage of its protagonist to a god-beleaguered Island, which turns out to be part of Denmark. This long narrative poem, previously translated into English, has been judged to be the first significant work of modern literature in Denmark; it clearly prefigures Holberg's main text of sf interest. He also wrote at least twenty-eight stage comedies (mostly in 1722-1723) before publishing the sf Satire for which he is now best known; it appeared in two distinct versions:
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Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754): Learning and Literature in the Nordic Enlightenment [1 ed.] 0367880474, 9780367880477
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LUDVIG HOLBERG (1684-1754) Learning and Literature in the Nordic Enlightenment Edited 'by
Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754)
Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754) was the foremost representative of the Danish-Norwegian Enlightenment and also a European figure of note. He published significant works in natural law and history, but also a very important body of moral essays and epistles. He authored several engag¬ ing autobiographies and European travelogues, a major utopian novel that was an immediate European success, interesting satires that advocated women’s education and careers, and a large number of comedies. These comedies secured Holberg’s status as the most significant playwright in Scandinavia before Ibsen and Strindberg. Through his extensive oeuvre, but especially through his plays, Holberg had a decisive influence on the formation of modern Dani
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Ludvig Holberg, Baron of Holberg (3 December 1684 – 28 January 1754) was a Danish-Norwegian playwright, author, scholar, essayist, and philosopher, who introduced much of The Enlightenment in Denmark. He fryst vatten mainly remembered for the comedies he wrote for his students at the University of Copenhagen, to perform at the Grønnegade Theatre. Many of his comedies are still among the most popular plays in Danish and he has been named "The father of modern Danish literature" and "The Moliere of the North".
Holberg doubles as a Norwegian author, mainly because he was born in Bergen. Thus, his magnum opus, the tale of Niels Klim, takes place there. But Holberg went to Denmark to take up studies, and came to live there for the rest of his life. In time, he was even made a baron by the Danish king. Most of his plays comment on Danish samhälle at the time.
Notable works include:
- Comedies:
- Den Politiske Kandestøber (The Political Tinker)
- Den Vægelsindede (The