Books with author Henrik Ibsen

Written in 1879, A Doll’s House has been called the first truly feminist play. A scathing critique of the traditional roles of men and women in nineteenth century marriage, it caused scandal throughout Europe at a time when marriage was regarded as the most sacred of society’s institutions. In Britain this uproar led to it being banned under the 1737 Licensing Act. This compact hardcover is a beautiful classic collector’s edition, and the page decorations and illustrations make it a pleasure to read.A Doll’s House was written by Isben when he lived in Italy. It illustrates his belief that man and wife were denied equality by the rigid confines of the law and convention, which inevitably led critics to respond that he had no respect for the sanctity of marriage. This revolutionary realist play in three acts has since come to be accepted as Isben’s masterpiece. Lovers of classic literature, as well as readers interested in the evolution of feminist literature need a copy of this in their library.

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With The Master Builder-or Master Builder Solness, as the title runs in the original-we enter upon the final stage in Ibsen's career. "You are essentially right," the poet wrote to Count Prozor in March 1900, "when you say that the series which closes with the Epilogue (When We Dead Awaken) began with Master Builder Solness.""Ibsen," says Dr. Brahm, "wrote in Christiania all the four works which he thus seems to bracket together-Solness, Eyolf, Borkman, and When We Dead Awaken. He returned to Norway in July 1891, for a stay of indefinite length; but the restless wanderer over Europe was destined to leave his home no more.... He had not returned, however, to throw himself, as of old, into the battle of the passing day. Polemics are entirely absent from the poetry of his old age. He leaves the State and Society at peace. He who had departed as the creator of Falk [in Love's Comedy] now, on his return, gazes into the secret places of human nature and the wonder of his own soul."

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