Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754): Learning and Literature in the Nordic Enlightenment

ISBN-13: 9780367880477 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 256 str.

Knud Haakonssen; Sebastian Olden-Jorgensen

Opis

This is the most comprehensive treatment of the great Danish-Norwegian polymath of the early Enlightenment, Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754). His famous plays are considered along with his natural law theory, his vast historical works, satires, moral essays, utopian novel, autobiographies, and more. The book aims to revive Holberg as a significant fig

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Introduction

Introduction, Part 1: The Author's Life and Career

[Sebastian Olden-Jørgensen]

Introduction, Part 2: The Author and the Work

[Knud Haakonssen]

Part I: Lives

1. Holberg’s Authorial Personae

[Thomas Ewen Daltveit Slettebø]

2. Holberg’s Autobiographical Letters

[Karen Skovgaard-Petersen]

Part II: Morals

3. Holberg’s Law of Nature and Nations

[Knud Haakonssen]

4. Morals and Religion in Holberg’s Essays

[Jørgen Magnus Sejersted]

5. Heroes and Heroines: The Lives of Men and Women

[Kristoffer Schmidt]

6. Journeys of Humour and Satire: Peder Paars and Niels Klim

[Karen Skovgaard-Petersen]

7. Holberg’s Comedies: Intentions and Inspirations

[Bent Holm]

Part III: Histories

8. History: National, Universal and Dynastic

[Sebastian Olden-Jørgensen]

9. General Church History

[Rolv Nøtvik Jakobsen]

10. Holberg’s Jewish History

[Jørgen Magnus Sejersted]

Part IV: Texts

11. Writings by Holberg in English

[Eiliv Vinje]

O autorze

Knud Haakonssen is Professor of Intellectual History, University of St. Andrews, and Long-term Fellow of the Max Weber Center for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies, University of Erfurt.

Sebastian Olden-Jørgensen is Associate Professor at the Saxo Institute, History Section, University of Copenhagen.