Georg Brandes

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Also Known As	Georg Morris Cohen Brandes
Born	February 4, 1842 • Copenhagen • Denmark
Died	February 19, 1927 (aged 85) • Copenhagen • Denmark
Notable Works	“Main Currents in 19th Century Literature”
Subjects Of Study	Scandinavian literature • det moderne gennembrud • literature • Julius Caesar • Michelangelo • Voltaire • naturalism

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Edward Dowden

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Helen Archibald Clarke

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Alexander Pope

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Stephen Greenblatt

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Ludwig Tieck

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Charles Lamb

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Ernest Jones

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Tsubouchi Shōyō

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Edmond Malone

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Otto Ludwig

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Mihály Babits

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Dover Wilson

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Johann Elias Schlegel

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A.C. Bradley

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George Steevens

English Shakespearean commentator

Richard White

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