He studied literature and
philosophy at the University of Copenhagen. In 1871 he gave
a series of lectures which introduced the concept of realism
to Danish literature. A friend of Ibsen, they regarded
themselves as allies in the struggle against cultural
provincialism. Regarded as an 'atheist Jew', he was denied a
professorship in Copenhagen and lived in Berlin, Germany,
from 1877 to 1882. Returning to Denmark, whose society had
become more open, he was appointed professor of aesthetics
at the University of Copenhagen in 1902. Brandes had a great
influence on Danish culture and his collected works appeared
in Danish and German.
Bibliography
BRANDES,
Morris Cohen Georg. Creative spirits of the nineteenth
century. Translated by Rasmus B. Anderson. New York,
Crowell: St. Clair Shores, Mich., Scholarly Press, 1973
[c1923]
BRANDES,
Morris Cohen Georg. Danske klassikere. Pp. 284.
illus. (16) of plates. Koebenhavn: Tiderne skifter, c1984.
BRANDES,
Morris Cohen Georg. Ferdinand Lassalle. Pp. xi, 230.
Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press [1970]
BRANDES,
Morris Cohen Georg. Friedrich Nietzsche. Pp. 117. New
York: Haskell House Publishers, 1972.
BRANDES,
Morris Cohen Georg. Jesus, a myth. (Translated from
the Danish by Edwin Bjoerkman). PP. 190. New York: A. & C.
Boni, 1926
BRANDES,
Morris Cohen Georg. Goethe. 6. Aufl. Pp. viii, 606.
Berlin: E. Reiss, 1922
BRANDES,
Morris Cohen Georg. Ivan Turgenev. Pp. 21. 1888.
BRANDES,
Morris Cohen Georg. Michelangelo: his life, his times,
his era. Pp. 428. New York: Ungar [1963]
BRANDES,
Morris Cohen Georg. Shakespeare, Job, Homer. Pp. 253,
(8) of plates. Koebenhavn: Tiderne skifter, c1986
BRANDES,
Morris Cohen Georg. William Shakespeare; a critical study.
Pp. vii-xii, 709, 2 p. London: W. Heinemann, 1902
BRANDES,
Morris Cohen Georg. On reading; an essay. Pp. 3,
3-64. New York: Duffield & company, 1906
BRANDES,
Morris Cohen Georg. Georg Brandes in Italia. (Ed.
Maria Giacobbe). Pp. 162. Moncalieri (Italie): Centro
interuniversitario di ricerche sul "viaggio in Italia",
[2004]
BRANDES,
Morris Cohen Georg. Hellas; travels in Greece.
Authorized translation by Jacob W. Hartmann. Pp. 219.
Freeport, N.Y.: Books for Libraries Press [1969]
BRANDES,
Morris Cohen Georg. Impressions of Russia. (Tr. from
the Danish by Samuel C. Eastman). Pp. x, 353. London: W.
Scott [1890]
BRANDES,
Morris Cohen Georg. Poland; a study of the land, people,
and literature. Pp. viii, 310. New York: Macmillan
company, 1903
BRANDES,
Morris Cohen Georg. Reminiscences of my childhood and
youth. Pp. 397. New York: Arno Press, 1975 [c1906]
BRANDES,
Morris Cohen Georg. The world at war. (Tr. by
Catherine D. Groth). Pp. 272. New York: The Macmillan
company, 1917.
Links
Georg Brandes
Georg Brandes
Georg Brandes – Arkiv for Dansk Literatur (in Danish)
