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Also known as Hippolyte Adolphe Taine, H. A. Taine, Hippolyte-Adolphe Taine, Ippolit Adolf Ten

French literary critic and historian (1828-1893)

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Hippolyte Taine was a French writer and scholar who lived from 1828 to 1893. He was recognized in the Academie Francaise collection. Taine also used the pseudonym Frédéric-Thomas Graindorge.

His literary output includes works such as French Revolution Volume I, Histoires de la Litterature Anglaise Tome II de V, Ancient Regime, Origins of Contemporary France, Volume II, and Essai Sur Tite Live. Various sources list differing counts for his works, with figures ranging from 5 to 441.

Taine is associated with several recorded quotes, including statements regarding the study of philosophers and cats, as well as the influence of material and intellectual climate on art.

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
France
Place of death
Paris
Occupation
literary critic
Languages spoken
French
Native language
French
Field of work
philosophy
Movement
positivism
Image
Hippolyte taine.jpg
Work location
Paris
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Hippolyte Taine
date of birth
1828-04-21
date of death
1893-03-05
name in native language
Hippolyte Taine
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birth name
Hippolyte Adolphe Taine
pseudonym
Frédéric-Thomas Graindorge
writing language
French
contributed to creative work
Popular Science
place of burial
Menthon-Saint-Bernard
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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Hippolyte Taine, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Hippolyte Adolphe Taine (21 April 1828 – 5 March 1893) was a French historian, critic and philosopher. He was the chief theoretical influence on French naturalism, a major proponent of sociological positivism and one of the first practitioners of historicist criticism. Literary historicism as a critical movement has been said to originate with him. Taine is also remembered for his attempts to provide a scientific account of literature.

Taine had a profound effect on French literature; Maurice Baring wrote in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica that "the tone which pervades the works of Zola, Bourget and Maupassant can be immediately attributed to the influence we call Taine's." Out of the trauma of 1871, Taine has been said by one scholar to have "forged the architectural structure of modern French right-wing historiography."

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