A doll's house and other plays / Henrik Ibsen ; [translated from the Norwegian by Peter Watts].
By: Ibsen, Henrik.
Contributor(s): Watts, Peter
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BookSeries: Penguin classics.Publisher: Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1978Description: 336 p. ; 19cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0140441468.Subject(s): Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906 -- Translations into EnglishDDC classification: 839.826 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Delivering three distinct and powerful visions of characters who choose to defy convention in the pursuit of happiness, Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House and Other Plays is translated with an introduction by Peter Watts in Penguin Classics.
The League of Youth was Ibsen's first venture into realistic social drama and marks a turning-point in his style. By 1879 Ibsen was convinced that women suffer an inevitable violation of their personalities within the context of marriage. In A Doll's House , Ibsen caused a sensation with the his portrayal of Nora Helmer, a woman who, gradually arriving at an understanding of her own misery, struggles to break free from the stifling confines of her marriage. Continuing the theme of tensions within the family in The Lady from the Sea , Ibsen put forward the view that freedom with responsibility might at least be a step in the right direction.
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.
Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) turned to journalism and playwriting instead of pursuing a university career. Ibsen was one of the earliest writers to dramatise the individual's alienation from society. Although Ibsen was never fully appreciated during his lifetime, he has since come to be recognised as one of the great dramatists of all time and the 'Father of Modern Drama'.
If you enjoyed A Doll's House, you might like Ibsen's The Master Builder and Other Plays , also available in Penguin Classics.
This translation originally published, 1965.
A doll's house -- The league of youth -- The lady from the sea.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction (p. 7)
- The League of Youth (p. 23)
- A Doll's House (p. 145)
- The Lady from the Sea (p. 233)
- Notes (p. 331)
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Henrik Ibsen, poet and playwright was born in Skein, Norway, in 1828. His creative work spanned 50 years, from 1849-1899, and included 25 plays and numerous poems. During his middle, romantic period (1840-1875), Ibsen wrote two important dramatic poems, Brand and Peer Gynt, while the period from 1875-1899 saw the creation of 11 realistic plays with contemporary settings, the most famous of which are A Doll's House, Ghosts, Hedda Gabler, and The Wild Duck.Henrik Ibsen died in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway in 1906.
(Bowker Author Biography)