Ghosts: An Enemy of the People; The Wild Duck, Vol. 1 of 5
Henrik Ibsen
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(Forgotten Books, Aug. 23, 2012)
English word which exactly represents the Norwegian Gengangcre, the title of the first play in this volume. It means literally A gain-goers, spirits that walk. The French word Revenants comes nearer the sense than the English Ghosts, which, however, seems to be the best available equivalent. The three plays contained in this volume stand in a certain historic relation to each other, which I may perhaps indicate without trespassing upon criticism properly so called. The publication of Ghosts brought down upon Ibsen shead a perfect tempest of obloquy. Critics who had hitherto been friendly, turned round and attacked him furiously; while the general public and its representatives in the press, says Henrik Jaeger, raised a howl of reprobation such as had not been heard since the appearance of Love s Comedy Oddly enough (for one would have imagined him prepared for an outburst of exasperation) Ibsen seems to have been astonished to find his play thus received. If not astonished, he was at any rate indignant; and in shorter time than usual he produced a new play, An Enemy of the People. It is impossible not to recognise the analogy between Dr. Stockmann sposition and that of the poet himself.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at