Doll's House / Edition 1

by Henrik Ibsen

Overview

An Unabridged, Unaltered Edition of Henrik Ibsen's Classic Play, In Three Acts -

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2901599869499
Publisher:	Filiquarian Publishing
Publication date:	09/24/2006
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	124
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

Henrik Johan Ibsen (20 March 1828 - 23 May 1906) was a major Norwegian playwright largely responsible for the rise of modern realistic drama. He is often referred to as the "father of modern drama." Ibsen is held to be the greatest of Norwegian authors and one of the most important playwrights of all time, celebrated as a national symbol by Norwegians.




His plays were considered scandalous to many of his era, when Victorian values of family life and propriety largely held sway in Europe and any challenge to them was considered immoral and outrageous. Ibsen's work examined the realities that lay behind many facades, possessing a revelatory nature that was disquieting to many contemporaries.




Ibsen largely founded the modern stage by introducing a critical eye and free inquiry into the conditions of life and issues of morality. Victorian-era plays were expected to be moral dramas with noble protagonists pitted against darker forces; every drama was expected to result in a morally appropriate conclusion, meaning that goodness was to bring happiness, and immorality pain. Ibsen challenged this notion and the beliefs of his times and shattered the illusions of his audiences.

Editorial Reviews

Meyer's translations of Ibsen are a major fact in one's general sense of post-war drama. Their vital pace, their unforced insistence on the poetic centre of Ibsen's genius, have beaten academic versions from the field.” —The New Statesman

“A powerful statement of [Ibsen's] radical beliefs about gender, the folly of idealism and the nature of modern love.” —Evening Standard

From the Publisher

A powerful statement of [Ibsen's] radical beliefs about gender, the folly of idealism and the nature of modern love.

Evening Standard

Meyer's translations of Ibsen are a major fact in one's general sense of post-war drama. Their vital pace, their unforced insistence on the poetic centre of Ibsen's genius, have beaten academic versions from the field.

The New Statesman