The brothers Heinrich and Julius Hart were German writers and literary critics who collaborated closely. They were among the pioneers of naturalism in German literature. Heinrich was born 30 December 1855, in

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and died 11 June 1906, in

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. Julius was born 9 April 1859, in

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and died 7 July 1930, in

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. The Hart brothers published works of literary criticism, notably ''Kritische Waffengänge'' (parts 1–6, 1882–1884), in which they opposed the light reading chosen by the bourgeoisie.

Works

*Hart, J. ''Sansara'' (1879) *Hart, J. ''The Triumph of Life'' (1898) *Hart, H. ''Gesammelte Werke'', vols. 1–4. Berlin (1907) *Hart, J. ''Revolution der Ästhetik''. Berlin (1908) *Hart, H. ''Song of Humanity'', an attempt to depict the panorama of man's development from ancient times. He finished only three "songs": **"Tul and Nahila" (1888) **"Nimrod" (1888) **"Moses" (1896)

References

Hart, Heinrich and Julius
at the Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Accessed April 1013 * Jürgen, I. Der Theaterkritiker Julius Hart. Berlin, 1956. (Dissertation.) *

List of works by the Hart brothers

Modern poet-characters in Zeno.org
1855 births 1859 births 1906 deaths 1930 deaths German literary critics Sibling duos German male non-fiction writers {{Germany-writer-stub