- Theodor Mundt
- Theodor Mundt (
Theodor MundtSeptember 19 ,1808 -November 30 ,1861 [cite web |url=http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/Cambridge/entries/080/Theodor-Mundt.html |title=Theodor Mundt Biography |accessdate=2007-06-10 |format= |work= ] ) was a German critic andnovelist .Born at
Potsdam , Mundt studiedphilology andphilosophy atBerlin . In 1832 he settled atLeipzig as a journalist, where he co-edited "Blätter für litterarische Unterhaltung", and where he was subjected to a rigorous police supervision. In 1839 he marriedKlara Müller (1814 - 1873), who under the name ofLuise Mühlbach became a popular novelist, and he removed in the same year to Berlin. Here his intention of entering upon an academical career was for a time thwarted by his collision with thePrussia n press laws. In 1842, however, he was permitted to establish himself as "Privatdozent ". In 1848 he was appointedProfessor of Literature and History inBreslau , and in 1850 ordinary professor and librarian in Berlin, where he died.Mundt wrote extensively on
aesthetic subjects, and as a critic he had considerable influence in his time. Prominent among his works are "Die Kunst der deutschen Prosa" (1837); "Geschichte der Literatur der Gegenwart" (1840); "Aesthetik, die Idee der Schönheit und des Kunstwerks im Lichte unserer Zeit" (1845, new ed. 1868); "Die Götterwelt der alten Völker" (1846, new ed. 1854). He also wrote severalhistorical novel s such as "Thomas Münzer " (1841); "Mendoza" (1847); and "Die Matadore" (1850). But perhaps Mundt's chief title to fame was his part in theemancipation of women , a theme which he elaborated in his "Madonna, Unterhaltungen mit einer Heiligen" (1835).References
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