Danish poet (1790?1872)
Johannes Carsten Hauch
(12 May 1790 ? 4 March 1872) was a
Danish
poet
.
Biography
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Hauch was born in
Frederikshald
in
Norway
. His father was the Danish
bailiff
in
Smaalenene
,
Frederik Hauch
. His mother,
Karen Tank
was sister of Norwegian ship merchant and parliament president
Carsten Tank
. In 1802 Hauch lost his mother, and in 1803 returned with his father to Denmark. In 1807 he fought as a volunteer against the English invasion. He entered the
university of Copenhagen
in 1808, and in 1821 took his doctors degree. He became the friend and associate of
Steffens
and
Oehlenschlager
, warmly adopting the romantic views about poetry and
philosophy
.
His first two dramatic poems,
The Journey to Ginistan
and
The Power of Fancy
, appeared in 1816, and were followed by a lyrical drama,
Rosaurn
(1817); but these works attracted little or no attention. Hauch therefore gave up all hope of fame as a poet, and resigned himself entirely to the study of science. He took his doctors degree in
zoology
in 1821, and went abroad to pursue his studies. At
Nice
he had an accident which obliged him to submit to the amputation of one foot.
He returned to literature, publishing a dramatized fairy tale, the
Hamadryad
, and the tragedies of
Bajazet
,
Tiberius
,
Gregory VII
, in 1828-1829,
The Death of Charles V
(1831), and
The Siege of Maestricht
(1832). These plays were violently attacked and enjoyed no success.
Hauch then turned to novel-writing, and published in succession five romances
Vilhelm Zabern
(1834);
The Alchemist
(1836);
A Polish Family
(1839);
The isle on the Rhine
(1845); and
Robert Fulton
(1853).
In 1842 he collected his shorter
Poems
. In 1846 he was appointed professor of Scandinavian languages in
Kiel
, but returned to Copenhagen when war broke out in 1848. About this time his dramatic talent was at its height, and he produced one admirable tragedy after another; among these may be mentioned
Svend Grathe
(1841);
The Sisters at Kinnekullen
(1849);
Marshal Sag
(1850);
Honour Lost and Won
(1851) and
Tycho Brahe's Youth
(1852). From 1858 to 1860 Hauch was director of the Danish National Theatre; he produced three more tragedies:
The King's Favourite
(1859);
Henry of Navarre
(1863); and
Julian the Apostate
(1866). In 1861 he published another collection of
Lyrical Poems and Romances
and ~fl 1862 the historical epic of
Valdemar Seir
, volumes which contain his best work.
From 1851, when he succeeded Oehlenschlager, to his death, he held the honorary post of professor of
aesthetics
at the university of Copenhagen. He died in Rome in 1872, and was buried at the
Cimitero acattolico
.
Hauch was one of the most prolific of the Danish poets, though his writings are unequal in value. His lyrics and romances in verse are always line in form and often strongly imaginative. In all his writings, but especially in his tragedies, he displays a strong bias in favor of what is mystical and supernatural. Of his dramas
Marshal Stig
is perhaps the best, and of his novels the patriotic tale of
Vilhelm Zabern
is admired the most.
Hauch's novels were collected (1873?1874) and his dramatic works (3 vols., 2nd ed., 1852?1859).
References
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Hauch comic:
hauch comic es una creacion de Hauchcraft_YT y es un personaje stikman es decir de palo con dos pelos en la cabeza.
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