''Taarnet'' (

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: ''The Tower'') was a monthly art and literary magazine founded and edited by

Johannes Jørgensen Jens Johannes Jørgensen (6 November 1866, in Svendborg – 29 May 1956) was a Danish writer, best known for his biographies of Catholic saints. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times. Early days Johannes Jørgensen was ...

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, Denmark. It was subtitled as Illustreret Tidsskrift for Kunst og Litteratur (Danish: Illustrated Magazine for Arts and Literature). The magazine was one of the early avant-garde publications and the major representative of

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in Denmark. It existed for one year between 1893 and 1894.

History and profile

''Taarnet'' was founded in 1893 by Johannes Jørgensen who formulated his symbolism approach in the publication. The title of the magazine was a reference to both the poetic meaning of tower and the tower in Jørgensen's apartment in

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, Copenhagen. In his

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Jørgensen stated that ''Taarnet'' was established in the name of

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and

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. The first issue appeared on October 1893. The magazine which was published on a monthly basis featured articles on Danish and international symbolist literature and

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. As stated above Jørgensen described his own version of symbolism in ''Taarnet'' and argued "all genuine art is and becomes symbolic." Furthermore, in the magazine Jørgensen replied the critics of his manifesto that he had published in another Danish magazine, ''

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''. The mission of ''Taarnet'' was to provide a connection between French and Danish symbolism, and nearly twenty percent of all articles published in the magazine were translations of French symbolists. In his articles Jørgensen also supported more

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and spiritual ways of life. Another notable contributor of the monthly was Sophus Claussen. Danish writer Viggo Stuckenberg published the first scene of his play ''Den vilde Jæger'' in the magazine which also featured early drawings by Svend Hammershøi. Other major Danish writers associated with the magazine were Sophus Michaëlis,

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and

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. ''Taarnet'' folded in September 1894 after producing nine issues.

References

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