Hippolyte Adolphe Taine (1828-1893) was a French critic and historian.

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Hippolyte Adolphe Taine (1828-1893) was a French critic and historian. He is credited with promoting literary historicism as a movement and exerted a great influence on French, culture, literature, and naturalism. He is now best known for his attempt to scientifically account for and categorize literature.

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