The league of youth A doll's house. The lady from the sea
The three plays in this volume demonstrate different sides of Henrik Ibsen's genius, but all deal with themes of alienation from society and the breaking down of convention. A Doll's House (1879) portrays a woman questioning her duty to her husband and seeking to escape the stifling confin...
| Main Author: | Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906. |
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| Other Authors: | Watts, Peter, 1900-1972 (tr.) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English Norwegian |
| Published: |
London :
Penguin Books,
c1965.
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| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
The three plays in this volume demonstrate different sides of Henrik Ibsen's genius, but all deal with themes of alienation from society and the breaking down of convention. A Doll's House (1879) portrays a woman questioning her duty to her husband and seeking to escape the stifling confines of her marriage-a theme that shocked contemporary audiences and established Ibsen's name outside Scandinavia. In The League of Youth (1869), his first prose drama, Ibsen created a vivid comedy about a hypocritical politician, and in The Lady from the Sea (1888), he depicts a woman who longs to return to the life she enjoyed before she was married. Peter Watts's lively modern translation is accompanied by an introduction examining Ibsen's life and times, with individual discussions of each of the three plays. |
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| Item Description: |
Cover title: A doll's house and other plays. |
| Physical Description: |
335 p. ; 20 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0140441468 (pbk.) |
| Author Notes: |
Henrik Ibsen died in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway in 1906. (Bowker Author Biography) |