1 Elza Szász to Georg Brandes, undated, Brandes Archive.
2 Béla G. Németh, A magyar irodalomkritikai gondolkodás a pozitivizmus korában, op.cit., p. 184.
3 Gyula Haraszti, "Eszmék az irodalom történetírásról" (Thoughts on Literary History Writing), Egyetemes Philologiai Közlöny, 1880, 1, p. 52.
4 Georg Brandes, Moderne Geister, Frankfurt am Main 1882, reviewed by Károly Erdélyi, ibid., 1886, 10, pp. 676-77.
5 Ibid.
6 Ibid. Cited from: Georg Brandes, SS, 2, p. 91.
7 "Georg Brandes: William Shakespeare. Paris 1896", Budapesti Szemle, 1897, No. 250, p. 325. Cited from: Georg Brandes, SS, 9, p. 268.
8 The Belgian writer and Shakespeare scholar Georges Eekhoud used the Austrian version for his translation. See Georg Brandes, Les sonettes de Shakespeare, MS., Archives et Musée de la Littérature, Bibliotèque Royale, Albert 1er, Bruxelles.
9 József Vészi (1858-1940), author and journalist. From 1877-93 he was attached to Pester Lloyd, from 1894 editor-in-chief of Pesti Napló (Pest Daily News). He started Budapesti Napló (Budapest Daily News) in 1896. In 1905 he founded the periodical Jung-Ungarn in Berlin; on his return to Budapest, he began working again for Pester Lloyd. He was its editor-in-chief for almost thirty years.
10 Georg Brandes, "Lear király", Pesti Napló, 11.11. 1894, pp. 3-5. T h e text is compiled from: George Brandes, SS, Chapters 25 and 26, pp. 523-35.
11 J0rgen Knudsen, Georg Brandes. I modsigelsens tegn, op.cit., pp. 306-7.
12 József Vészi, "Mai tárcánk írója" (author of today's leading feature article), Pesti Napló, 11.11. 1894, p. 2.
13 József Vészi to Georg Brandes, 11.11. 1894, Brandes Archive.
14 Georg Brandes to Louise Magnus née Fürstenberg, 12.8. 1881, Brandes Archive.
15 The author and publisher József Fekete studied at the universities of Berlin and Leipzig. In 1884 he founded the periodical Magyar Salon (Hungarian Salon).
16 József Fekete to Georg Brandes, 23.6. 1894, Brandes Archive; József Fekete to Viktor Rydberg, 26.6. 1894, L 40:5, KBS.
17 Zsombor Szász to Georg Brandes, 29.3. 1895, Brandes Archive.
18 Zsombor Szász to Georg Brandes, 20.1. 1896, Brandes Archive.
19 Georg Brandes to Louise Magnus née Fürstenberg, op.cit.
20 Zsigmond Bodnár, A magyar irodalom története, 1-3, Budapest 1891-93.
21 Zsigmond Bodnár to Georg Brandes, 21.10. 1893, Brandes Archive.
22 Béla Lázár to Georg Brandes, undated (presumably the summer of 1894), Brandes Archive.
23 Doris R. Asmundsson says in her book, Georg Brandes. Aristocratic Radical, 1981, that Brandes only began to write his Shakespeare monograph in December 1894.
24 Charlotte Stieglitz (1806-34), wife of the poet Heinrich S. She committed suicide in the hope that this violent act would rekindle her husband's poetical talents. She is portrayed by Brandes in Det unge Tyskiand (Young Germany), SS, 6, pp. 589ff.
25 Béla Lázár, írók és művészek között (Among Writers and Artists), Budapest 1918, p. 48.
26 Georg Brandes to Béla Lázár, 6.7. [1894], Brandes Archive.
27 Günther Grimm, Rezeptionsgeschichte, Munich 1977, p. 157.
28 Vilmos Huszár to Georg Brandes, 31.3. 1898, Brandes Archive.
29 Vilmos Huszár to Georg Brandes, 14.7. 1898, Brandes Archive.
30 Ibid.
31 Georg Brandes to Vera Spasskaja, 5.12. 1898, Brandes Archive.
32 See Correspondance, op.cit., 2, pp. 135-36.
33 Vilmos Huszár to Georg Brandes, 8.3. 1899, Brandes Archive.
34 Vilmos Huszár to Georg Brandes, 19.11. 1898, Brandes Archive.
35 Ibid.
36 Correspondance, op.cit., 4. p. 266.
37 Ibid., 2, p. 266.
38 Vilmos Huszár to Georg Brandes, 30.11. 1900, Brandes Archive.
39 Vilmos Huszár to Georg Brandes, 14.2. 1900, Brandes Archive.
40 See Georg Brandes und Arthur Schnitzler, cd. Kurt Bergel, Berkeley, California, 1956, p. 187.
41 Georg Brandes to Peter Kropotkin, Correspondance de Georg Brandes, op.cit., 2, p. 168.
4 2 Budapesti Napló, 26.3. 1900, p. 1.
4 3 Magyar Géniusz, 27.3. 1900, pp. 216-18.
44 A. Kruglov, "Nabljudenija i zametki", Ezhenedel'noje obozrenie, No.
171, 1887, pp. 732-722. Cited from: We and They, op.cit., p. 126.
4 5 Ibid.
46 John Lukács, Budapest 1900. A Historical Portrait of a City & its Culture, New York 1988, p. 187.
47 Ibid.
48 Georg Brandes, Levned, op.cit., 3, p. 375. The title of Madách's play is given here as The Comedy of Man.
49 József Láng, "Jókai Mórné Nagy Bella emlékirata", Irodalomtörténeti Közlemények, 1975, l , p . 366.
50 Georg Brandes to Mór Jókai, 31.3. 1900. OSzK, Fond V/78.
51 Georg Brandes, SS, 17, p. 173.
52 Brandes had to cancel the trip to the provinces, due to a new bout of the troublesome phlebitis.
53 Georg Brandes to Herman Cohen Brandes, 1.4. 1900, Brandes Archive.
54 Arthur Görgei (Görgey). Brandes' own choice of spelling has been used here.
55 George Brandes, SS, 17, p. 169.
56 Ibid., p. 171.
57 Ibid.
58 Georg Brandes, "Ibsen Henrik", Budapesti Napló, 1.4. 1900, p. 3.
59 Zenon Ciesiclski, "Brandes and Poland", The Activist Critic, op.cit., p.
211.
60 Georg Brandes, "Ibsen Henrik", op.cit.
61 John Paulsen, Erindringer (Memoirs), Last Collection, Copenhagen 1905, pp. 87-88.
62 Vilmos Huszár to Georg Brandes, 11.5. 1900, Brandes Archive.
63 Ferenc Herczeg (1863-1954) was a member of the Kisfaludy Society, President of the Petőfi Society (1904-20), Vice President of the Hungarian Academy of Science (1945-46). A member of Parliament, he supported István Tisza's policies. From 1927 a member of the Upper House. A number of his novels have been translated into the main Western European languages.
64 "Brandes György", Uj Idők, 8.4. 1900.
65 Ibid.
66 Georg Brandes to Vera Spasskaja, 20.11. 1900, Brandes Archive.
67 M-r, "Brandes György", A Hét, 1900, 1, p. 202.
68 Ibid.
69 Ibid.
70 Ibid.
71 Ibid.
72 Vilmos Huszár to Georg Brandes, 20.4. 1900, Brandes Archive.
73 "Kritikai megjegyzés rólunk" (A Critical Comment about Us) Budapesti Napló, 30.3. 1900.
74 Siebenbiirgisch-Deutsches Tageblatt, 7.4. 1900, published an
anonymous article, in which Brandes was strongly attacked. See Georg Brandes to Arthur Fitger, Correspondance, 3, op.cit., p. 411.
75 Frankfurter Zeitung, around 18.4. 1900. See Correspondance, 4, op.cit., p. 373.
76 Georg Brandes to Mari Jászai, Ostertag 1900, OSzK.
77 Miksa Falk (1828-1908), liberal politician, journalist, member of the Academy of Science. Editor-in-chief of Pester Lloyd. Companion and tutor to Queen Elisabeth of Hungary.
78 Georg Brandes to Miksa Falk, 1.4. 1900, OSzK, Fond IV. 124.
I will not stand by and watch the case for the emancipation of women, which I alone have promoted in Scandinavia, and for which I have fought alone for years, despite being attacked from all sides, being bungled by ignorant women.
Georg Brandes to Bj0rnstjerne Bj0rnson
CHAPTER 4