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Herman Bang (1857–1912)

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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 mostrar más 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) mostrar menos
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Obras de Herman Bang

A un lado del camino (1886) 148 copias
Tina (1889) 135 copias
Ida Brandt (1896) 59 copias
Stuk (1887) 59 copias
Sommerglæder (1902) 54 copias
The Four Devils (1895) 35 copias
Håbløse slægter (1977) 28 copias
Mikaël (1902) 20 copias
Michael [1924 film] (1924) — Writer — 14 copias
Das weiße Haus (1898) 11 copias
Denied a Country (1927) 11 copias
De raven (1903) 9 copias
Werke in drei Bänden (1982) 8 copias
Exzentrische Existenzen (1978) 7 copias
Ved Vejen/ Sommerglæder (1971) 7 copias
Exzentrische Novellen (1921) 6 copias
Fra de unge Aar 5 copias
Gesammelte Werke (1919) 3 copias
Ihre Hoheit (1886) 3 copias
Noveller (2006) 3 copias
Udvalgte Digte (1982) 3 copias
Paria'er (2002) 3 copias
Franz Pander (2006) 2 copias
Romaner og noveller (2008) 2 copias
Plaisirs d'été (1998) 2 copias
Fortællinger (2003) 2 copias
Reportager (1983) 2 copias
Ved Vejen ; Tine (1988) 2 copias
Digte 2 copias
Under Aaget 2 copias
Isamaatud 2 copias
Præster 1 copia
La Hontemulo 1 copia
Phedra 1 copia
Mikal︠ 1 copia
Irene Holm (2010) 1 copia
Liv og Død 1 copia

Obras relacionadas

Great Short Novels of the World (1927) — Contribuidor — 15 copias
Danske essays — Autor, algunas ediciones9 copias
Hævnen og andre danske mesterfortællinger / B.1 (1973) — Autor, algunas ediciones7 copias
Fantastiske fortellinger — Contribuidor — 3 copias
Humor fra Danmark — Autor, algunas ediciones2 copias
Danske Fortællinger, første del — Autor, algunas ediciones1 copia

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Nombre canónico
Bang, Herman
Fecha de nacimiento
1857-04-20
Fecha de fallecimiento
1912-01-29
Género
male
Nacionalidad
Denmark
Lugar de nacimiento
Asserballe, Denmark
Lugar de fallecimiento
Ogden, Utah, USA
Relaciones
Holst, Bertha (niece)

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The Raven is the story of a somewhat older disfigured and single, well off woman who gives a dinner party for her relatives, who are clearly the ravens of the title story in their greed after her money. They are plotting to get her admitted into a psychiatric ward in order to get to her money and possessions early. In the final paragraph it becomes clear that she sees right through them and plans to spend her money so there won’t be much of an inheritance left when she’ll be dead: “What has life given me? Now I want to see them dance until they are weeping at my grave side.”

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.
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leoslittlebooklife | Sep 20, 2022 |
Stuk er et portræt af København i 1880’erne. Det var en tid præget af vækst og optimisme, hvor byen voksede eksplosivt og hvor nye industrier blev grundlagt. Men det var også en tid, hvor nederlaget i 1864 og tabet af Slesvig endnu ikke var forvundet. En tid hvor byen og nationen desperat havde behov for at hævde sig og vise, at Danmark fortsat var værd at regne med på den internationale scene.

Alt dette flyder ind i romanen. Hovedpersonen er den unge teateranmelder Herluf Berg – mon ikke der er temmelig mange lighedspunkter med forfatteren – der får en enestående chance. Sammen med Kornelius Adolf, der har overtaget faderens hæderkronede forretning og har både kapital og et godt navn at trække på, og byggematadoren Martens skal han skabe et helt nyt teater, Victoria-teateret. Målet er at skabe et kunstnerisk knudepunkt, der en gang for alle skal befæste København som Skandinaviens kulturelle midtpunkt og løfte byen op til en status som moderne storby.

Ambitionerne er store, og det kræver kapital at komme dertil. I første omgang lykkes det at lokke etatsråd Hein og Centralbanken med, men det kniber med at mobilisere yderligere kapital, og når teatret samtidig forærer stakke af fribilletter væk for at kunne spille for fulde huse, så skal det gå galt. Overalt begynder sprækkerne at vise sig, og det gælder ikke kun i bygningen, der glimter smukt men ligesom Martens lejekaserner er bygget på dårlige materialer.

Sprogligt og tematisk udmærker Stuk sig ikke mindst i skildringen af storbyens mylder. Det gælder f.eks. til premieren i Victoria-teateret og ved det bal, som redaktør Gravesen afholder i håbet om endelig at få bortgiftet en af de mange døtre. Bang formår både at fange de mange indtryk, som en enkelt deltager oplever, og flowet og dynamikken i scenen. Det er måske nok en kliché, men det er vitterligt som at være der selv på en måde, der er så levende som en film.

Herluf Berg er vel forelsket i Asta Hetz, der også holder af ham. Men han vil først vise sit værd på teatret, og han har svært ved at slippe tvivlen på sine følelser. I det hele taget er lykkelig kærlighed en mangelvare i den kreds han færdes i. Den findes mest hos gamle ægtepar som Adolfs forældre og uden for de almindelige normer, som da en kvinde sætter alt på et bræt med elskeren og bryder ud af sit ægteskab. Som hovedregel er folk optaget af at holde på formerne, også selvom de knap har råd til den livsstil, de ”bør” føre.

Stuk er en fantastisk skildring af en by og et land i hastig forandring. Den er selvfølgelig en kritik af tidens overfladiskhed og billige pyntesyge, men romanen er også en hyldest til teateret, til skønheden og ikke mindst til det pulserende byliv, der på godt og ondt er en del af det at blive et moderne land. Det fanges i et fantastisk sprog og med dyb psykologisk forståelse for den blanding af hovmod og underlegenhedsfølelse, som nederlaget i 1864 havde tilføjet flere generationer af danskere.
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Henrik_Madsen | otra reseña | Jul 28, 2021 |
Jeg kan fornemme kvaliteten i særligt dialogerne og persongalleriet, og det var fascinerende at læse om livet i den lille stationsby. Men bogen er ikke ældet godt, den er svær at læse, og jeg kedede mig bravt undervejs.
 
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troelsk | 5 reseñas más. | May 8, 2020 |
This is a short novel by the Danish writer Herman Bang published in 1886 as Ved Vejen.The translation is by W Glyn Jones and was published in 2015. A previous translation had titled the Book Katinka, but the amended title is more appropriate given the importance of the passing of trains in relation to the passing of the life of Katinka, but this is not a book about trains. It is a study of women's roles and their restricted lives.

Katinka grows up in the town in which she was born and finds herself married to the Station master Mr Bai, she is a dutiful wife and lives quietly with Bai, she finds him a little rough at first, but she settles into a routine and tries to make the best of her lot. She is well liked but seems to fade into the background and when she starts to lose weight and become ill hardly anyone notices. Her life revolves around a small group who socialise with Mr Bai and she takes her pleasure in companionship, knowing the women around her, observing their characteristics and being a party to their needs and issues. She is a good listener. Mr Bai has an eye for the ladies and takes his sexual pleasures where he can find them, but he is not unkind to his wife. They are not blessed with children and so Katinka has more time than most women in her circle to enter into her own peaceful world and enjoy the countryside and her minute observations of the people that pass by the station house.

A Mr Huus: a solid quiet man takes the job as a bailiff with one of the gentleman farmers who are in the Bai's circle of friends. Huus becomes good friends with the Bai's and spends time in their house and garden. He is a permanent member of their social circle and Katinka finds that she feels comfortable with him and then something more, as slowly she misses him, and thinks about him when he is not around. Huus increasingly seems to seek her out and Bai is quite happy to leave the two of them together, because as he says to one of is friends Huus hasn't a clue about chasing women. Herman Bang's writing lends a slightly dreamy quality to their friendship which could develop into a romance. He also writes about the quiet suffering of their other friends. Little Miss Jensen the elderly school teacher who craves companionship and lavishes all her affection on her little pug Bel-Ami. The widowed Mrs Abel who has two fractious daughters of marriageable age still at home and the elderly parson and his wife, who do their best to provide a centre for the small social group.

These are people who live in the slow lane whose life is measured by the trains that pass by. Their meeting place is the station and the stopping trains either focus their attentions on the passengers or are an impetus for them to come and go from the station. A tranquil existence but for many of the women and some of the men it is a life of quiet suffering and Katinka is the one that Herman Bang has selected to express for us a life of understated desperation. The slow pace of life, measured by the changing seasons and observations of people in simple social gatherings give this book a rather special atmosphere. As a reader there is a feeling of people dreaming their lives away while suffering nightmares of worries and doubt underneath. The translation aids the gentle understatement that is a feature of the book, but the understatement can mean the reader is struggling to know who is speaking during conversations. I enjoyed this sad, contemplative novel and so 4 stars,
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