Theodor Mundt

Writer and journalist, born in Potsdam, EC Germany. A prominent member of the radical literary movement Junges Deutschland, as editor of various literary journals he campaigned against censorship. In 1848–50 he taught history and literature at the University of Breslau. His novels include Das Duett (1831), Madonna. Unterhaltungen mit einer Heiligen (1835, which was banned by the Prussian censors together with his related Charlotte Stieglitz, ein Denkmal of the same year), Thomas Müntzer (1841), and Graf Mirabeau (1858). He is best known for his writings on aesthetics and literary theory, notably Kritische Wälder (1833), Die Kunst der deutschen Prosa (1837), Geschichte der Literatur der Gegenwart (1842), Ästhetik (1845), and Dramaturgie (1848).

Theodor Mundt

Theodor Mundt (September 19, 1808 - November 30, 1861) was a German critic and novelist.

Born at Potsdam, Mundt studied philology and philosophy at Berlin. In 1848 he was appointed Professor of Literature and History in Breslau, and in 1850 ordinary professor and librarian in Berlin, where he died.

Mundt wrote extensively on aesthetic subjects, and as a critic he had considerable influence in his time. Prominent among his works are Die Kunst der deutschen Prosa (1837); Geschichte der Literatur der Gegenwart (1840); Aesthetik, die Idee der Schönheit und des Kunstwerks im Lichte unserer Zeit (1845, new ed. Die Götterwelt der alten Völker (1846, new ed. But perhaps Mundt's chief title to fame was his part in the emancipation of women, a theme which he elaborated in his Madonna, Unterhaltungen mit einer Heiligen (1835).