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Hippolyte Adolphe Taine ( French pronunciation: [ipɔlit adɔlf tɛn], 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.
Hippolyte Adolphe Taine (April 21, 1828 - March 5, 1893) was a French critic and historian. He was the chief theoretical influence of French naturalism, a major proponent of sociological positivism, and one of the first practitioners of historicist criticism.
Hippolyte Taine (born April 21, 1828, Vouziers, Ardennes, France—died March 5, 1893, Paris) was a French thinker, critic, and historian, one of the most-esteemed exponents of 19th-century French positivism. He attempted to apply the scientific method to the study of the humanities.
Hippolyte Taine's Literary Theory and Criticism* Today the name Taine almost compulsively evokes three words: race—milieu—moment. He is known as the founder of a sociological science of literature. But one has the impression that—at least, outside of France—he is not read any more. Writers on English literature
Hippolyte Taine, né le 21 avril 1828 à Vouziers et mort le 5 mars 1893 à Paris 6e, est un philosophe et historien français, membre de l' Académie française . Biographie. Jeunesse et études.
Sep 3, 2020 · Hippolyte Taine's The French Revolution, which is written from the viewpoint of conservative French opinion, is a unique and important contribution to revolutionary historiography. Taine condemns the radicals of the French Revolution, unhesitatingly contradicting the rosy, Rousseauesque view of the Revolution.
HIPPOLYTE TAINE, HISTORIAN OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION ALFRED COBBAN· University College London TAiNE is the most influential and stimulating, the most dazzling, in a word perhaps the greatest of bad historians. His power as an historical writer is undeniable. If he had been an ancient historian,
Hippolyte Adolphe Taine (21 April 1828 – 5 March 1893) was a French critic and historian. He was the chief theoretical influence of 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. [1] .
Philosopher, literary and art critic; first chair in the history of art at the école des Beaux-Arts, Paris. Taine began as a lycée teacher at Toulon and Nevers, France. His refusal to sign an allegiance oath to the new President of France, after the 1851 coup d’état forced his dismissal.
French philosopher, historian, and critic. He was a leading exponent of positivism, and in particular the chief figure in ... From: Taine, Hippolyte in The Oxford Dictionary of Art ». Subjects: Literature.
