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{{Short description|German author and critic (1808–1861)}}
'''Theodor Mundt''' ([[September 19]], [[1808]] - [[November 30]], [[1861]]) was a [[German]] critic and [[novelist]].▼
[[image:ThMundt.JPG|thumb|200px|Theodor Mundt]]
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==Biography==
Born at [[Potsdam]], Mundt studied [[philology]] and
==Works==
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. 1868); ''Die Götterwelt der alten Völker'' (1846, new ed. 1854). He also wrote several historical novels such as ''[[Thomas Münzer]]'' (1841); ''Mendoza'' (1847); and ''Die Matadore'' (1850). With [[Karl August Varnhagen von Ense]], he edited [[Karl Ludwig von Knebel]]'s letters and posthumous works. But perhaps Mundt's chief title to fame was his part in the [[emancipation of women]], a theme which he elaborated in
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[[Category:1808 births|Mundt, Theodor]]▼
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