"Recollections of My Childhood and Youth" by Georg Brandes is a late 19th-century memoir that intimately examines the author's developing years, focusing on the events and people that molded his initial views on life, family, education, and society, set against the backdrop of Danish culture. Brandes shares a meticulous account of youthful innocence and the difficulties of coming of age, as he deals with complicated family ties, societal norms, and finding himself. The memoir starts with Brandes as a sensitive child, seeing the world with both vulnerability and curiosity, and he recalls joyful events from his early interactions with loved ones, which demonstrate his conflicting feelings about growing up through school lessons and new discoveries about the world. As he juxtaposes the freedom of childhood with the demands of parental control, the central ideas of innocence and the pursuit of knowledge take center stage, and the early chapters highlight his sharp observations of social interactions, enriching his understanding of the wider world and preparing for a more thorough study of his developing years later in the memoir.
Recollections of My Childhood and Youth
By Georg Brandes
Experience the world through the eyes of a sensitive child in late 19th-century Denmark as he navigates family, society, and the bittersweet journey of growing up.
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About the AuthorGeorg Morris Cohen Brandes was a Danish critic and scholar who greatly influenced Scandinavian and European literature from the 1870s through the turn of the 20th century. He is seen as the theorist behind the "Modern Breakthrough" of Scandinavian culture. At the age of 30, Brandes formulated the principles of a new realism and naturalism, condemning hyper-aesthetic writing and also fantasy in literature. His literary goals were shared by some other authors, among them the Norwegian "realist" playwright Henrik Ibsen.
Georg Morris Cohen Brandes was a Danish critic and scholar who greatly influenced Scandinavian and European literature from the 1870s through the turn of the 20th century. He is seen as the theorist behind the "Modern Breakthrough" of Scandinavian culture. At the age of 30, Brandes formulated the principles of a new realism and naturalism, condemning hyper-aesthetic writing and also fantasy in literature. His literary goals were shared by some other authors, among them the Norwegian "realist" playwright Henrik Ibsen.
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