Hippolyte Taine
Hippolyte Adolphe Taine 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.
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- Born in
- Vouziers
- Educated at
- École Normale SupérieureLycée Condorcet
- Awards
- 🏆 Concours général🏆 Knight of the Legion of Honour🏆 Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford
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1828
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