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LITERATURE.
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voured especially by some young writers and authors, gathering around L. J. Hierta
(1801/72), who formed an epoch in the history of the Swedish press by his
newspaper »Aftonbladet». Generally the authors of this time are less theoretical
and esthetical than practical in character. Among them may be mentioned
0. P. Sturzen-Becker (1811/69; pseudonym »Orvar Odd»), the finest and most
brilliant Swedish »causeur» and novelist, formed in the school of Heine and the
French essayists; and A. Blanche (1811/68), known by his comedies and novels
in the style of Eugène Sue, and above all by his sketches of Stockholm life.
Among the leaders of liberalism outside of this circle is to be counted K. V. A.
Strandberg (1818/77, pseudonym »Talis Qualis»), a lyric poet with an energetic,
ringing tune, and a distinguished translator. Among his translations is one of
Byron’s »Don Juan». Then there is B. E. Malmström. (1816/65), who, opposing
Viktor Bydberg. Portrait by A. Edelfelt.
the new romanticism, produced poems characterized by Swedish manliness and
ancient classical culture, and which were received with admiration by the young
students of that day. Enthusiastically hailed was also J. Nybom (1815/89), whose
somewhat high-strung lyrics gave expression to the young students’ enthusiasm for
the liberal tendencies and the national elevation after the political storms of 1848.
In this connection should be mentioned also two poets among the most widely
read, viz., Elias Sehlstedt (1808/74), who was much admired for his charming
songs, and K. A. Wetterbergh (1804/89, pseudonym »Onkel Adam»), who wrote
short home sketches of a high value.
The realistic tendencies of the century found expression in the ever increasing
predominance of prose in literature. It was especially the novel, which by the
romantic authors and above all by Almqvist, had received that greater development
that now began its flourishing period; but having before been historical, exotic,
or phantastic, it now, in the age of the bourgeoisie, comes down to. every-day
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