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Henrik Ibsenby Michael Egan
Routledge 1997; US$ 360.00Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906). Norwegian dramatist, generally acknowledged as the founder of modern prose drama. Writings include: A Doll's House, Ghosts, Rosmersholm . Volume covers period 1872-1906. more...
CliffsNotes On Ibsen's A Doll's House and Hedda Gablerby Marianne Sturman
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2004; US$ 5.99The original CliffsNotes study guides offer a look into critical elements and ideas within classic works of literature. CliffsNotes on A Doll's House & Hedda Gabler takes you into Henrick Ibsen's dramatic plays, controversial theater productions that inflamed audience reactions in the nineteenth century. A Doll's House follows the story of a housewife who emerges from the confinement of her married life to confront the conditions of the outside world. Typical of Ibsen's dramas, Hedda Gabler portrays a depraved world in which women in particular submit to unsatisfying socially imposed roles. Summaries and expert commentaries cover each act within both plays; other features that help you figure out these important works include Life... more...
A Doll's Houseby Henrik Ibsen; E. Haldeman-Julius
Joshua James Press 1879; US$ 3.95The controversial play, The Doll?s House, was written by leading Norwegian playwright, Henrik Ibsen, in 1879. Although it appears at first, to be a portrait of the happy marriage between the lighted hearted and devoted wife Nora and her seemingly perfect and provident husband, Torvald, we soon become aware of deeper more serious social issues. more...
Mythic Patterns in Ibsens Last Playsby Orley I. Holtan
University of Minnesota Press 1970; US$ 67.50Until recently critics have tended to regard Ibsen principally as a social dramatist, one who was concerned primarily with the political, social, and moral questions of his time. Radical though he was in the Victorian era, his ideas, with the passage o ti more...
Ibsens Dramaby Einar Haugen
University of Minnesota Press 1979; US$ 67.50A dramatist for all seasons Einar Haugen calls Henrik Ibsen in this series of lectures given in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Norwegian playwrights birth. Using a modified version of the communications model developed by linguist Roman Jakobson more...
A Doll's Houseby Henrik Ibsen; E. Haldeman-Julius
The Floating Press 1923; US$ 3.95When A Doll's House was first published in 1879 it created a sensation. The play follows the ordinary life of a housewife. Gradually the tensions within her marriage become clear and build to a final, stunning action. The play is widely studied because of its sharp critique of 19th century marriage norms, and its feminist tendencies. more...
Ghostsby Henrik Ibsen; William Archer
The Floating Press 1881; US$ 3.99Fearing rejection by her community, Helene Alving stayed with her philandering husband up until his death. She finds out that her son Osvald not only has congenital syphilis, but is in love with the maid without knowing she is his half-sister. Eventually Mrs. Alving must face the cruel choice of euthanizing her own son as he descends into a syphilitic madness. As with Ibsen's A Doll's House , Ghosts was an intentionally controversial work... more...
Hedda Gablerby Henrik Ibsen; Edmund Gosse; William Archer
The Floating Press 1890; US$ 3.99Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen's play Hedda Gabler was first published in 1890. Despite premiering the next year to negative reviews, the play since been hailed as a classic work of realism, with the character Hedda being considered by some critics as one of the great dramatic roles; a female Hamlet. Gabler is actually the character's maiden name rather than her name by marriage (which is Hedda Tesman); on entitling it this Ibsen wrote: "My intention in giving it this... more...
Der Narziss Peer Gyntby Brigitte Fochler
Diplomica Verlag 2008; US$ 53.01Hauptbeschreibung Der "Narziss Peer Gynt" widmet sich einem Aspekt von Henrik Ibsens Peer Gynt, der bisher in der deutschsprachigen Literatur kaum behandelt wurde. Der Fokus dieser Arbeit liegt auf der psychologischen Dimension Peer Gynts, die sich einerseits aus den Parallelen von Ibsens und Peers Leben, andererseits aus Ibsens Persönlichkeitsveränderung im Kontext der Entstehung des Peer Gynt erschließt. Peer Gynt gilt als "Übergangswerk" in Ibsens Schaffen, mit dem er letztlich zu seiner Identität als Dichter fand. Insofern kann die Geschichte der Entstehung dieses Stücks viel zu einem tieferen Verständnis seines Gesamtwerkes beitragen. Auch in der Inszenierungspraxis des Stückes spielt die psychologische Dimension eine Schlüsselrolle,... more...
Global Ibsenby Erika Fischer-Lichte; Barbara Gronau; Christel Weiler
Taylor & Francis 2010; US$ 110.00This book analyses the different ways in which Ibsen?s plays were and are performed in different cultures on five continents and examines the impact of such performances on the theatre, social life, and politics of these cultures. It shows that performing Ibsen means performing multiple modernities. more...
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