Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754) was the foremost representative of the
Danish-Norwegian Enlightenment and also a European figure of note.
He published significant works in natural law and history, but also
a very important body of moral essays and epistles. He authored
several engaging autobiographies and European travelogues, a major
utopian novel that was an immediate European succes, interesting
satires that advocated women's education and career, and a large
number of comedies. These comedies secured Holberg's status as the
most significant playwright in Scandinavia before Ibsen and
Strindberg. Through his extensive oeuvre, but especially through
his plays, Holberg had a decisive influence on the formation of
modern Danish as a literary language, something that was a
self-conscious effort on the part of a man who saw himself as an
educator of the public. Despite his contemporary impact at home and
abroad and his ongoing popularity in Scandinavia, he remains little
known in the wider world of enlightenment studies. It is the aim of
this volume to revive Holberg as a major figure from a minor corner
of the Enlightenment world by presenting the full variety of his
work and giving it a European context.
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