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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]]
'''Theodor Mundt''' ([[September 19]], [[1808]] - [[November 30]], [[1861]]) was a [[German]] critic and novelist. He was a member of the [[novelistYoung Germany]] group of German writers.
 
==Biography==
Born at [[Potsdam]], Mundt studied [[philology]] and [[philosophy]] at [[Berlin]]. In [[1832]] he settled at [[Leipzig]] as a journalist, where he co-edited ''Blätter für litterarische Unterhaltung'', and where he was subjected to a rigorous police supervision. In [[1839]] he married [[Klara Müller]] ([[1814]] - [[1873]]1814–1873), who under the name of [[Luise Mühlbach]] became a popular novelist, and he removedmoved in the same year to Berlin. Here his intention of entering upon an academical career was for a time thwarted by his collision with the [[Prussia]]n press laws. In [[1842]], however, he was permitted to establish himself as ''[[Privatdozent]]''. In [[1848]] he was appointed [[Professor]] of Literature and History in [[Breslau]], and in [[1850]] ordinary professor and librarian in Berlin, where he died.
 
==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 his ''Madonna, Unterhaltungen mit einer Heiligen'' (1835).
 
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