Henrik Ibsen : the man and the mask / Ivo de Figueiredo ; translated by Robert Ferguson.

Author/creator Figueiredo, Ivo de, 1966- author.
Other author Ferguson, Robert, 1948- translator.
Format Book
PublicationNew Haven : Yale University Press, 2019.
Descriptionix, 694 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 25 cm
Subjects

Uniform titleHenrik Ibsen. English
Contents Skien -- Grimstad -- Christiania -- Bergen -- Christiania -- Rome -- Dresden -- Munich -- Rome, Munich, Rome -- Munich -- Kristiania -- Arbins Gate.
Summary 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.
General noteOriginally published in Norwegian as Henrik Ibsen. Mennesket (2006), Henrik Ibsen. Masken (2007), and as the abridged edition Henrik Ibsen. Mennesket og masken (2010).
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 652-676) and index.
LanguageTranslated from the Norwegian.
Genre/formBiographies.
Genre/formBiographies.
LCCN 2018956100
ISBN9780300208818 hardcover
ISBN0300208812 hardcover

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PT8890 .F513 2019 ✔ Available Place Hold