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What were Georg Brandes' later writings?
Brandes wrote with great depth on the main contemporary poets and novelists of Denmark and Norway.
What were some of Georg Brandes' most important later writings?
The most important of his later works was his study of William Shakespeare (1897–1898), which was translated into English by William Archer and was highly acclaimed.
What made the study of William Shakespeare Georg Brandes' most important work?
It was, perhaps, history's most authoritative work on Shakespeare not principally intended for an English-speaking audience.

Question: what happened in 1900?
Self-contained rewrite: what happened in 1900 for Georg Brandes?