Atterbom, A.

…As a poet, he published works praising the virtues of the old Goths, and his most famous historical work is the three-volume "History of the Swedish Nation" (1832-36). He also served as a member of parliament and took a conservative political stance, but he sympathized with the new liberal trends of the late 1830s and was criticized for turning against his will. However, unlike his colleague Amadeus Atterbom (1790-1855), who remained a staunch conservative, he was an optimistic man who, in his later years, regained his once-diminished poetic ability and began to publish excellent short poems. [Tanaka Michio] …

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…詩人としては古いゴート族の美徳をたたえる作品を発表，歴史学の著作としては《スウェーデン国民史》3巻(1832‐36)が著名。国会議員もつとめ，政治的には保守的な立場にいたが，1830年代後半の新しい自由主義的傾向に共鳴，変節とも評されたが，保守主義の立場を貫いた同僚アッテルボムAmadeus Atterbom(1790‐1855)とは異なり，楽天的な彼は晩年に，いったん衰えた詩作の力を回復し，すぐれた短詩を発表するようになった。【田中 三千夫】。…

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