Hippolyte Taine
French critic, historian, and philosopher (1828–1893) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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. Literary historicism as a critical movement has been said to originate with him.[1] Taine is also remembered for his attempts to provide a scientific account of literature.
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Born | Hippolyte Adolphe Taine (1828-04-21)21 April 1828 Vouziers, France |
Died | 5 March 1893(1893-03-05) (aged 64) Paris, France |
Nationality | French |
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Alma mater | École Normale Supérieure |
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School or tradition | Conservatism Naturalism Positivism |
Main interests | Philosophy of art · History of France · Political philosophy |
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Taine had a profound effect on French literature; the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica asserted that "the tone which pervades the works of Zola, Bourget and Maupassant can be immediately attributed to the influence we call Taine's."[2] 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."[3]