Literature -- History and criticism
_Nobilius_ was the ancestral name, by tradition, of that family whose representative, Alfred Nobel, has left a name synonymous with inventiveness and large benefactions to humanity. The grandfather, Imanuel, an army surgeon, is accredited with changing the family name to _Nobe...
_Nobilius_ was the ancestral name, by tradition, of that family whose representative, Alfred Nobel, has left a name synonymous with inventiveness and large benefactions to human...
2. CHAPTER IISully-Prudhomme, René François Armand, member of the French Academy, born 1839, died September 7, 1907: “as an acknowledgment of his excellent merit as an author, and especially...
3. CHAPTER IIIMommsen, Theodor, Professor of History at the University of Berlin, born 1817, died November 1, 1903: “the greatest living master of the age in the art of representing history,...
4. CHAPTER IVBjörnson, Björnstjerne, born 1832, died April 26, 1910: “as a tribute acknowledging his noble, splendid and varied works of art which have always been distinguished by freshness...
5. CHAPTER VCarducci, Giosuè, Professor in the History of Literature at the University of Bologna, born 1835, died February 16, 1907: “in consideration not only of his wide learning and cri...
6. CHAPTER VIKipling, Rudyard, born 1865: “in consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination, and also the manly strength in the art of perception and delineation that...
7. CHAPTER VII“I declare it to be my express desire that in the awarding of the prizes no consideration whatever be paid to the nationality of the candidates, that is to say, that the most de...
8. CHAPTER VIIIHeyse, Paul, born 1830, died April 2, 1914: “as a mark of esteem of an artistry, finished and marked by an ideal conception, which he has shown during a long and significant act...
9. Volume V of the plays edited by Mr. Lewisohn.Among interesting, intensive studies of Hauptmann as dramatist, is the thesis by Walter H. P. Trumbaeur, on _Gerhart Hauptmann and John Galsworthy; a Parallel_ (University of Pe...
10. CHAPTER IXMaeterlinck, Maurice, born 1862: “because of his many-sided literary activity and especially because of his dramatic creations which are marked by wealth of fancy and poetic ide...
11. CHAPTER XRabindranath Tagore, born 1861: “For reason of the inner depth and the high aim revealed in his poetic writings; also for the brilliant way in which he translates the beauty and...
12. CHAPTER XIRolland, Romain, born 1866: “as homage to the exalted idealism in his authorship, and also to the sympathy and truth with which he has drawn different types of people.”[101]
13. CHAPTER XII“Sweden’s Laureate” is the name often given to Verner von Heidenstam who won the prize in 1916. By public, competitive vote of his countrymen he had been chosen as the most popu...
14. CHAPTER XIIIIt was characteristic of a type of journalism in the United States that the announcement of the Nobel award in literature for 1920, to Knut Hamsun, should have been featured in...
15. CHAPTER XIVAnatole France (Thibault, Jacques Anatole), Paris, born 1844; died 1924: “in recognition of his splendid activity as an author,--an activity marked by noble style, large-hearted...
16. CHAPTER XVEchegaray, José, member of the Spanish Academy, born 1833, died September 14, 1916: “in appreciation of his comprehensive and intellectual authorship which, in an independent an...
17. CHAPTER XVIIn the book, _Ideals in Ireland_, edited by Lady Gregory (London and New York, 1901), the editor speaks of the various contributors to this revival of letters including George M...
18. CHAPTER XVIIAs has been noted in previous chapters, in the Nobel prizes in literature, exponents of the same kind of writing in a country have been honored in successive generations. Björns...