Ibsen's Kingdom

The Man and His Works

Ibsen's Kingdom
Evert Sprinchorn
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Hardback
h235 x 156mm - 688pg
2 Mar 2021 US
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9780300228663
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A major biography of one of the most important figures in modern drama, evoked through a biographical reading of his plays Norwegian 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.
"Includes an interesting section on how the Norwegian playwright employed syphilis as the central metaphor in his play Ghosts. Venereal disease was rampant in Scandinavia in the 1880s and Sprinchorn charts how the author of Doll' s House was always willing to tackle a taboo subject. "-Martin Chilton, The Independent "Not the story as often told, but that only makes it more valuable. Of the greatest interest not only to Ibsen scholars but to all serious students of modern drama and theater practitioners. "-Michael Goldman, Princeton University "An exhaustive examination of Ibsen' s life and work by a major scholar of Scandinavian literature, Ibsen' s Kingdom is the fullest analysis of Ibsen as a ' poet of paradoxes. ' "-Joan Templeton, author of Ibsen' s Women
Evert Sprinchorn is a senior scholar of Scandinavian literature and drama and nineteenth-century intellectual history. He is professor emeritus in the drama department at Vassar College and the author of Strindberg as Dramatist, among other books.
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ISBN-13: 9780300228663
Published: 2 Mar 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: Yale University Press
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 235mm
Width: 156mm
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 666g
Pages: 688

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