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Hippolyte Taine
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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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- literary critic
- Educated at
- École Normale Supérieure
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Field of work
- philosophy
- Movement
- positivism
- Image
- Hippolyte taine.jpg
- Work location
- Paris
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- Commons category
- Hippolyte Taine
- date of birth
- 1828-04-21
- date of death
- 1893-03-05
- name in native language
- Hippolyte Taine
- member of
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- Commons Creator page
- Hippolyte Taine
- Commons gallery
- Hippolyte Taine
- 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
Voyage en Italie - Tom. 1,: Naples et Rome /
Histoire de la littérature anglaise
Histoire de la littérature anglaise
Histoire de la littérature anglaise
Philosophie de l'art
Les philosophes classiques du XIXe siècle en France
History of English literature
Nyilvános előadások a "l'École des Beaux-Arts"-ban
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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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