Author: Hermann John WeigandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dramatists, Norwegian
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
The Modern Ibsen
Author: Hermann John WeigandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dramatists, Norwegian
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
The modern Ibsen; a reconsideration
Author: Hermann John WeigandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
The Modern Ibsen
Author: The Modern Ibsen
Author: Hermann J. WeigandHenrik Ibsen and the Birth of Modernism
Author: Toril MoiPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191502642
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) is the founder of modern theater, and his plays are performed all over the world. Yet in spite of his unquestioned status as a classic of the stage, Ibsen is often dismissed as a fuddy-duddy old realist, whose plays are of interest only because they remain the gateway to modern theater. In Henrik Ibsen and the Birth of Modernism , Toril Moi makes a powerful case not just for Ibsen's modernity, but for his modernism. Situating Ibsen in his cultural context, she shows how unexpected his rise to world fame was, and the extent of his influence on writers such Shaw, Wilde, and Joyce who were seeking to escape the shackles of Victorianism. Henrik Ibsen and the Birth of Modernism also rewrites nineteenth-century literary history; positioning Ibsen between visual art and philosophy, the book offers a critique of traditional theories of the opposition between realism and modernism. Modernism, Moi argues, arose from the ruins of idealism, the dominant aesthetic paradigm of the nineteenth century. She also shows why Ibsen still matters to us today, by focusing on two major themes-his explorations of women, men, and marriage and his clear-eyed chronicling of the tension between skepticism and the everyday. This radical new account places Ibsen in his rightful place alongside Baudelaire, Flaubert, and Manet as a founder of European modernism.
The Works of Henrik Ibsen: From Ibsen's workshop : notes, scenarios, and drafts of the modern plays
Author: Henrik IbsenHenrik Ibsen
Author: Ivo de FigueiredoPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300245025
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 721
Book Description
A magnificent new biography of Henrik Ibsen, among the greatest of modern playwrights Henrik Ibsen (1820–1908) is arguably the most important playwright of the nineteenth century. Globally he remains the most performed playwright after Shakespeare, and Hedda Gabler, A Doll’s House, Peer Gynt, and Ghosts are all masterpieces of psychological insight. This is the first full-scale biography to take a literary as well as historical approach to the works, life, and times of Ibsen. Ivo de Figueiredo shows how, as a man, Ibsen was drawn toward authoritarianism, was absolute in his judgments over others, and resisted the ideas of equality and human rights that formed the bases of the emerging democracies in Europe. And yet as an artist, he advanced debates about the modern individual’s freedom and responsibility—and cultivated his own image accordingly. Where other biographies try to show how the artist creates the art, this book reveals how, in Ibsen’s case, the art shaped the artist.
The Cambridge Companion to Ibsen
Author: James Walter McFarlanePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521423212
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
In the history of modern theatre, Ibsen is one of the dominating figures. The sixteen chapters of this 1994 Companion explore his life and work, providing an invaluable reference work for students. In chronological terms they range from an account of Ibsen's earliest pieces, through the years of rich experimentation, to the mature 'Ibsenist' plays that made him famous towards the end of the nineteenth century. Among the thematic topics are discussions of Ibsen's comedy, realism, lyric poetry and feminism. Substantial chapters account for Ibsen's influence on the international stage and his challenge to theatre and film directors and playwrights today. Essential reference materials include a full chronology, list of works and essays on twentieth-century criticism and further reading.
From Ibsen's workshop: Notes, scenarios, and drafts of the modern plays
Author: Henrik IbsenLove's Comedy
Author: Henrik IbsenPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Love's Comedy" by Henrik Ibsen. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.