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Jens Peter Jacobsen

Introduction

This lesson introduces the Danish author, Jens Peter Jacobsen, whose novel, Niels Lyhne, became influential throughout Europe. The novel has many characteristic features of naturalist prose, and explores the ramifications of atheism in the modern world.

Lecture

 

1. Jens Peter Jacobsen (7:39 min)	2. Niels Lyhne: Childhood (7:06 min)	3. Youth: The New (15:42 min)
4. Manhood and Death (6:59 min)

Readings

• Jacobsen's Niels Lyhne

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