Modern Break-Through

The Modern Break-Through (Danish: Det moderne Gennembrud) is the normal name of the strong movement of naturalism and debating liteature of Scandinavia 1870-90 which replaced romanticism.

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In Norway it was represented by names like Henrik Ibsen, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Jonas Lie and Alexander Kielland, in Sweden by August Strindberg and partly by Viktor Rydberg and in Denmark by J. P. Jacobsen, Holger Drachmann, Herman Bang and Henrik Pontoppidan. The Danish theorist Georg Brandes is often considered to be the "wire-puller" behind the movement though some of the authors had already begun to write before he was known.

Related Topics:
Henrik Ibsen - Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson - Jonas Lie - Alexander Kielland - August Strindberg - Viktor Rydberg - J. P. Jacobsen - Holger Drachmann - Herman Bang - Henrik Pontoppidan - Georg Brandes

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