Talk:Ludvig Holberg

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The version I am replacing was not accurate or structured. I am translating the danish version to english. This is a major rewrite of the article. --OrbitOne 00:41, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Good job so far. Don't forget to translate all the remaining danish to English, even the quotes. pschemp | talk 02:29, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

I will, don't worry. Just takes time to do it. --OrbitOne 09:48, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Things to do 2 Section "Writing" 3 Dano-Norwegian 4 Query

[edit] Things to do

• Instead of having Danish quotes and English footnotes to those quotes, how about English translations and Danish quotes foot notes to those notes. Done. Bishonen | ノート 22:21, 22 February 2006 (UTC).
• Translate names of his stage plays, novels, ect.

I'm currently translating some names of plays. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. Also, I've tried to convey the meaning, more than a snappy title that would have been used in real life. HaakonKL 14:25, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Section "Writing"

I've re-christened this section "Writings" and emended it, based on the the Norwegian and Danish articles. For instance, while the Danish article does make the same (rather surprising) claim as here, that the three periods of Holberg's literary output are given in "no particular order", that isn't so, as is clear from the much more detailed Norwegian article: he wrote first history, then poetry and comedies, and then philosophy, all of course with some overlap. The claim that he wrote "poetical raptures" and is famous for them seems to be a misunderstanding: the statement in the no/da articles is that he produced his comedies in a long and exhausting "raptus" of remarkable productivity. "Rapture" isn't the best word here. So, I've changed the section a bit, but I also hope there are plans for fleshing it out. It's the comedies that Holberg is famous for today, so it seems a pity that they're polished off in a few sentences. My rewrite is merely a stopgap. I'm also sure that the three periods and their overlaps can be described more precisely, by someone knowledgeable, than with the rather crude chronology I've provided. Bishonen | ノート 22:10, 22 February 2006 (UTC).

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Thanks. :) --OrbitOne 22:58, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

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Just as a suggstion, shouldn't we translate the danish titles into english, so they can have an idea as to what he wrote about? Also, I suggest moving Niels Klims subterranean journey into science fiction, since it was a sci-fi novel. (wasn't it one of the first in the world?) HaakonKL 14:06, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dano-Norwegian

Wouldn't Dano-Norwegian be a more correct Nationality for him, rather than Danish-Norwegian? Or am I being anal? --Eivind^t@c 17:02, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

The meaning of the word cannot be used to describe the man, because it is a language and not a nationality. --OrbitOne ^[Talk|Babel] 03:24, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

According to Dano-Norwegian (disambiguation) it can:

The adjective and derived noun Dano-Norwegian means "Danish and Norwegian". It can have two related meanings:

1. It can refer to the former (1536-1814) kingdom of Denmark-Norway or its people; or by extension to anything relating to both of its two titular composite countries, Denmark and Norway
2. It can refer to the Dano-Norwegian language, formerly a Norwegian variant of the Danish language and predecessor of the Bokmål variant of the modern Norwegian language. (Cf. Gøtudanskt)

--Eivind^t@c 00:24, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Query

• Holberg's works about natural law and common law were read widely by many Danish law students over two hundred years, from 1736 to 1936.

What was significant about 1936? What happened then to stop students reading his texts? Does "over 200 years" means "throughout that period of time" or "longer than 200 years"? It's a little ambiguous. JackofOz 03:30, 25 July 2006 (UTC)