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1 online resource (269 pages) |
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Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754)- Front Cover; Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754); Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Contributors; Preface; Method for references; INTRODUCTION; Introduction, part 1: Holberg's life and career; It all began in Bergen -- or did it?; A self-made man; An unconventional professor; Return to serious business?; Holberg the man; Notes; Introduction, part 2: the author and the work; Eclectic practices; Entertainment as epistemic attitude; Moralizer and other personae; Holberg -- himself?; Notes; PART I: Lives; Chapter 1: Holberg's authorial personae |
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I have moralized in various waysHolberg the honourable historian; Holberg, the responsible satirist; To moralize is an office; Concluding remarks; Notes; Chapter 2: Holberg's autobiographical letters; A writer's autobiography; The illusion of privacy; The power to select -- and to lie; The Latin quotations and allusions; Know thyself; Notes; PART II: Morals; Chapter 3: Holberg's Law of Nature and Nations; Why natural law?; What natural law?; Holberg's natural law; Marriage problems: Thomasius; The problem with natural rights: Jean Barbeyrac; The fate of Holberg's natural law work; Notes |
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Chapter 4: Morals and religion in Holberg's essaysNatural law and religion; Stoicism and its shortcomings; Third autobiographical letter; Eclecticism and systema; The morals of Moral Reflections (1744); Epistles (1748-54); Notes; Chapter 5: Heroes and Heroines: the lives of men and women; The structure of Heroes; Heroes, villains or neither; The rejection of the classical warrior hero; Sanctimonious deceivers; Second-rate heroes; Tragic heroes; Prelude to a criticism of De l'esprit des loix; The true philosopher; Holberg's heroines; The lack of heroines in Heroines |
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Nearly flawless rulers and old yet astute womenConclusion; Notes; Chapter 6: Journeys of humour and satire: Peder Paars and Niels Klim; Résumé; A mock-epic; Hans Mickelsen -- a truthful historian; Just Justensen's learned commentaries -- a parody on pedantry; Résumé; The editorial fiction; Social and moral themes in Niels Klim; Classical echoes; Notes; Chapter 7: Holberg's comedies: intentions and inspirations; Arguments for a new theatre; Theatre in practice; Theatre and theatricality; Conclusion; Notes; PART III: Histories; Chapter 8: History: national, universal and dynastic |
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An overview of his historical worksGentleman historian; Pragmatic history; Narrative history; On strong women and brisk kings; Humour; Relevance; Impartiality?; The Pufendorf trail; Grand narrative; Holbert as an historian among historians; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 9: General Church History; The preface; A golden age; Two plots; The theatre of the church; The General Church History in its Danish context; Holberg and the historiography of church histories; Holberg and religion; Notes; Chapter 10: Jewish History; Defence of providence; Method of compilation |
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Sale and Psalmanazar: authorship and Old Testament controversies |
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Print version record |
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Holberg, Ludvig, 1684-1754 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Enlightenment -- Scandinavia
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Enlightenment
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Scandinavia
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic book
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Olden-Jørgensen, Sebastian
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| ISBN |
9781317103059 |
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131710305X |
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