Herman Bang (1857–1912)
Auteur van Aan het spoor
Over de Auteur
Both an astute literary critic and a master prose stylist, Herman Bang was born in Denmark in 1857. His style has been described as impressionistic. With a few literary brush strokes, Bang is able to paint sensitive psychological portraits. Bang was not as optimistic as his colleagues about the toon meer Modern Breakthrough, the rejection of nineteenth-century perspectives for modern progress. His characters are often gentle individuals crushed by circumstances. Bang's propensity for depicting declining noble families makes him a major precursor of literary decadence and fin de siecle pessimism. Although he enjoyed great popularity abroad, particularly in Germany, Bang's success at home in Denmark was hampered by a competition with the critics Georg Branes and Edvard Brandes. Several books have been written about Bang in the Scandinavian countries; none have yet appeared in English. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Werken van Herman Bang
Værker i Mindeudgave 5 exemplaren
Fra de unge Aar 5 exemplaren
Exzentrische und stille Existenzen: Erzählungen 4 exemplaren
Værker i Mindeudgave: Bd 6 : Blandede Skrifter 2 exemplaren
Stille Eksistenser : fire Livsbilleder 2 exemplaren
Tine. Sommerfreuden : Zwei Romane 2 exemplaren
Herman Bang fortæller 2 exemplaren
Isamaatud 2 exemplaren
Under Aaget 2 exemplaren
Breve til Fritz 2 exemplaren
Realisme og realister : portrætstudier og aforismer 2 exemplaren
Les quatre diables og andre noveller 2 exemplaren
Digte 2 exemplaren
La Hontemulo 1 exemplaar
Sælsomme Fortællinger 1 exemplaar
El camino de Rosenborg Have 2001 1 exemplaar
Præster 1 exemplaar
Wanderjahre : in seinen Briefen an Peter Nansen 1 exemplaar
Phedra 1 exemplaar
Der Grosse Kahn 1 exemplaar
Élet és halál 1 exemplaar
Domnișoara Ida Brandt Nuvele excentrice 1 exemplaar
De vier duivels 1 exemplaar
Mikal︠ 1 exemplaar
Gedanken zum Sexualitätsproblem 1 exemplaar
Vreemde vertellingen 1 exemplaar
Ausgewählte Werke in drei Bänden 3 [...] 1 exemplaar
Rundt i Norge. Skildringer og Billeder 1 exemplaar
Værker i Mindeudgave: Bd 4 : Tine ; Ludvigsbakke 1 exemplaar
Værker i Mindeudgave: Bd 2 : Fortællinger 1 exemplaar
Graaveir. En Akt 1 exemplaar
Tanker om Seksualitets Problemet 1 exemplaar
Masker og Mennesker 1 exemplaar
Udvalgte Fortællinger 1 exemplaar
Ausgewählte Werke in drei Bänden 2 [...] 1 exemplaar
Hverdagskampe og Du og Jeg 1 exemplaar
Liv og Død 1 exemplaar
Lootuseta hukkaminejad 1 exemplaar
Faedra : brudstykker af et livs historie 1 exemplaar
En dejlig Dag og andre Noveller Bind II 1 exemplaar
Ausgewählte Werke in drei Bänden 1 [...] 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Bang, Herman
- Geboortedatum
- 1857-04-20
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1912-01-29
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- Denmark
- Geboorteplaats
- Asserballe, Denmark
- Plaats van overlijden
- Ogden, Utah, USA
- Relaties
- Holst, Bertha (niece)
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- #31,609
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She also notices the meanness of her servants who are appalled by her disfigurements but who think she does not notice. A servant who looks at her as if she looked at a “cadaver at the waterfront”. She retaliates in small ways like calling for a servant who she knows is busy.
In typical Bang style the story is told almost completely through dialogues that are splendid in the way they let the reader see the machinations, hints, and subtle sexuality, both straight and gay of the characters.
And striking: published in 1903 and already phones are lamented:
‘I at least need a room without a telephone now and then.’
William Ask said: ‘There are people who just cannot do without those chimes.’
Bella smiled. ‘That’s true’, she said, ‘but it remains a nuisance when you are reading.’
A fine novella by a great writer.… (meer)