Ibsen

Author : Ivo de Figueiredo
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 721 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-01
Category : Authors, Norwegian
ISBN : 9780300208818

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Henrik Ibsen by Ivo de Figueiredo Pdf

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.

Author : Michael Goldman
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0231113218

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Ibsen by Michael Goldman Pdf

Although Henrik Ibsen is secure in his reputation as a major dramatist and intellectual figure, little attention has been given to the connections between his dramatic practice and his plays' powerful impact on audience and culture. Michael Goldman examines "how the play attacks us in the theater" and the means by which Ibsen assaults the audience's expectations and opinions. Focusing on specific features of Ibsen's dramaturgy that have been overlooked or underappreciated, Goldman looks at the plays' unsettling dialogue and driving plots, then explores the impacts on both character and audience when Ibsen's powerful vision takes effect. How does Ibsen illustrate a character's inner turmoil, and how is this quality realized by the actor on stage? What is the "spine"--the single, definitive phrase used by actors to pinpoint the dominant motivation-in A Doll's House? How does the stage design in The Wild Duck arouse the audience's curiosity? With considerable attention to these plays as well as The Master Builder and Peer Gynt, Goldman examines the characteristic "moments of crisis" and the striking similarities of gesture and language from play to play. Goldman discusses every aspect of Ibsen's art, from language, psychological motive, and narrative construct, to approaches used by actors and directors in play productions.

Author : Henrik Ibsen
Publisher : Aegitas
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2024-04-05
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780369410924

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A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen Pdf

A Doll's House is a three-act play written by Henrik Ibsen in 1879. It is a groundbreaking play that explores the themes of marriage, gender roles, and identity in 19th century society. Ibsen's play was met with controversy and outrage due to its bold critique of the traditional roles of men and women in marriage. The play has since become a classic of modern drama and is widely studied and performed in educational institutions around the world. The play is set in Norway and follows the story of Nora Helmer, a seemingly happy and content housewife. However, as the play unfolds, we see that Nora is living a double life. She has secretly borrowed money to save her husband's life, and is now being blackmailed by the lender. The play depicts Nora's struggle to find her true identity and the consequences of living a life based on societal expectations rather than her own desires. One of the main themes explored in the play is the role of women in marriage. Nora is portrayed as a typical 19th century wife, who is expected to be obedient, nurturing, and submissive. However, as the play progresses, we see that Nora is not content with this role and longs for independence and self-discovery. Ibsen challenges the traditional gender roles and shows how society's expectations can suffocate and limit an individual's growth. Another important theme in the play is the concept of identity. Nora's character undergoes a transformation throughout the play as she begins to question her role as a wife and mother. She realizes that she has been living a life that is not truly her own, and she must break free from societal expectations to find her true self. This theme is also reflected in the character of Torvald, Nora's husband, who is more concerned with his social status and reputation than his wife's happiness. Ibsen also uses symbolism throughout the play to convey deeper meanings. The title "A Doll's House" itself is significant, as it represents the idea that women were seen as mere playthings or objects in a patriarchal society. The Christmas tree, a recurring symbol in the play, represents the facade of happy family life that Nora and Torvald try to maintain. However, as the tree begins to shed its decorations, it symbolizes the unraveling of Nora's perfect facade. At the time of its publication, A Doll's House was met with harsh criticism and was deemed scandalous due to its portrayal of a woman challenging societal norms. However, its impact on modern drama cannot be overstated. Ibsen's play paved the way for a new genre of realistic drama and influenced many other playwrights to explore similar themes. It continues to be studied and performed today, as it remains relevant in its critique of societal expectations and the struggle for individual identity.

Author : Narve Fulsås,Tore Rem
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-15
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781108386678

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Ibsen in Context by Narve Fulsås,Tore Rem Pdf

Henrik Ibsen, the 'Father of Modern Drama', came from a seemingly inauspicious background. What are the key contexts for understanding his appearance on the world stage? This collection provides thirty contributions from leading scholars in theatre studies, literary studies, book history, philosophy, music, and history, offering a rich interdisciplinary understanding of Ibsen's work, with chapters ranging across cultural and aesthetic contexts including feminism, scientific discovery, genre, publishing, music, and the visual arts. The book ends by charting Ibsen's ongoing globalization and gives valuable overviews of major trends within Ibsen studies. Accessibly written, while drawing on the most recent scholarship, Ibsen in Context provides unique access to Ibsen the man, his works, and their afterlives across the world.

Author : Michael Egan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781134722921

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Henrik Ibsen by Michael Egan Pdf

This set comprises 40 volumes covering 19th and 20th century European and American authors. These volumes will be available as a complete set, mini boxed sets (by theme) or as individual volumes. This second set complements the first 68 volume set of Critical Heritage published by Routledge in October 1995.

Author : Evert Sprinchorn
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780300256246

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Ibsen's Kingdom by Evert Sprinchorn Pdf

A major biography of one of the most important figures in modern drama, evoked through a biographical reading of his playsNorwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen achieved unparalleled success in his lifetime and remains one of the most important figures in modern drama. The culmination of a lifetime of scholarship, Evert Sprinchorn’s biography constructs Ibsen’s life through a biographical reading of his plays with provocative and insightful analyses of his works, placing them and their author within the social, political, and intellectual foment of nineteenth-century Europe. This thought-provoking book will captivate anyone interested in the history of drama and the foundations of modernism.

Author : Kristin Gjesdal
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780190467906

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Ibsen's Hedda Gabler by Kristin Gjesdal Pdf

Since its publication in 1890, Ibsen's Hedda Gabler has been a recurring point of fascination for readers, theater audiences, and artists alike. Newly married, yet utterly bored, the character of Hedda Gabler evokes reflection on beauty, love, passion, death, nihilism, identity, and a host of other topics of an existential nature. It is no surprise that Ibsen's work has gained the attention of philosophically-minded readers from Nietzsche, Lou Andreas-Salomé, and Freud, to Adorno, Cavell, and beyond. Once staged at avant-garde theaters in Paris, London, and Berlin, Ibsen is now a global phenomenon. The enigmatic character of Hedda Gabler remains intriguing to ever-new generations of actors, audiences, and readers. Hedda Gabler occupies a privileged place in the history of European drama and as a work of literature, and, as this volume demonstrates, invites profound and worthwhile philosophical questions. Through ten newly commissioned chapters, written by leading voices in the fields of drama studies, European philosophy, Scandinavian studies, and comparative literature, this volume brings out the philosophical resonances of Hedda Gabler in particular and Ibsen's drama more broadly.

Author : Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher : Gale, Cengage Learning
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781410347015

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A Study Guide for Henrik Ibsen's "The Wild Duck" by Gale, Cengage Learning Pdf

A Study Guide for Henrik Ibsen's "The Wild Duck," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama For Students for all of your research needs.

Author : James Walter McFarlane
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Drama
ISBN : 052142321X

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The Cambridge Companion to Ibsen by James Walter McFarlane Pdf

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.

Author : H. Logeman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789401187848

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A Commentary, critical and explanatory on the Norwegian text of Henrik Ibsen’s Peer Gynt its language, literary associations and folklore by H. Logeman Pdf

This critical study of the existing Peer Gynt texts, with the exception of {sect}{sect} 140, 141 and a few notes added here and there in the text, was written in the spring of 1914 and even com posed down to {sect} 104. It was to have been published in the Recueil de la Faculte de Philo sophie et Lettres de l'Universite de Gand in the September of that year, contemporaneou.

Author : Brian Johnston
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780271027241

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Text and Supertext in Ibsen's Drama by Brian Johnston Pdf

Brian Johnston's approach to Ibsen, now well known, is unlike any other. Johnston sees Ibsen's twelve realist plays as a single cyclical work, the "realist" method of which hides a much larger poetic intention than has previously been suspected. He believes that the cycle constitutes one of the major works of the European imagination, comparable in scale to Goethe or Dante. And he has shown Ibsen to be the heir to Romantic and Hegelian art and thought, adapting this heritage to the circumstances of his own day. This work demonstrates how the language and scene, characters and "props," of the Ibsen dramas establish a bold and far-reaching theatrical goal: nothing less than an account of our biological and cultural identity in its multilayered totality. Johnston argues that Ibsen's realist text, while stimulating the appearance of nineteenth-century life, also objectively and precisely builds up an alternative image in which archetypal figures and situations from our cultural past repossess the realist stage. Thus he sees the Ibsen "strategy" in his realist plays as twofold: (1) the dialectical subversion of the nineteenth-century reality presented in the plays, and (2) the forced recovery of the archetypal from the past, in a procedure similar to James Joyce's in Ulysses. By "supertext" Johnston means a reservoir of cultural reference upon which Ibsen continuously drew in his realist work just as in is earlier poetic and historical dramas. Brian Johnston is Chief Editor of Theater Three. He is the author of The Ibsen Cycle and To the Third Empire, and is Visiting Professor, Department of Drama, Carnegie Mellon University.

Author : Henrik Ibsen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1928
Category : Norwegian drama
ISBN : UOM:39015030076775

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The Works of Henrik Ibsen by Henrik Ibsen Pdf

Author : Michael Leverson Meyer
Publisher : Garden City, N. Y : Doubleday
Page : 926 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Dramatists, Norwegian
ISBN : UOM:39015005883957

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Ibsen by Michael Leverson Meyer Pdf

First published in London under title: Henrik Ibsen.

Author : Henrik Ibsen,Errol Durbach
Publisher : Springer
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1980-06-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781349052974

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Ibsen and the Theatre by Henrik Ibsen,Errol Durbach Pdf

Author : Henrik Ibsen
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-30
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780141964157

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A Doll's House and Other Plays by Henrik Ibsen Pdf

A Doll's House/Ghosts/Pillars of the Community/An Enemy of the People 'Our home has never been anything other than a play-house. I've been your doll-wife here, just as at home I was Daddy's doll-child' These four plays established Ibsen as the leading figure in the theatre of his day, sending shockwaves throughout Europe and beyond. A Doll's House scandalized audiences with its free-thinking heroine Nora. Ibsen's even more radical follow-up, Ghosts, exposes family secrets and sexual double-dealing, while Pillars of the Community and An Enemy of the People both explore the hypocrisy and the dark tensions at the heart of society. This new translation, the first to be based on the latest critical edition of Ibsen's works, offers the best version available in English. A new translation by DEBORAH DAWKIN and ERIK SKUGGEVIK With an Introduction by TORE REM General Editor TORE REM