WORDSWORTH CLASSICS : A Doll's House and Other Plays (MAY 2026)

Εκδότης: WORDSWORTH
Συγγραφέας: Henrik Ibsen
Isbn: 9781840229660
Διαστάσεις: 198Χ129Χ24
Αριθμός σελίδων: 416
Ημερομηνία έκδοσης: 31/5/2026
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Περιγραφη

"The plays of Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) are critically acclaimed throughout the world. The father of modern drama, Ibsen broke with theatrical conventions and created a more realistic form of drama that used the stage as a forum for debating social problems, notably the rights of the individual, and the damaging effects of orthodoxy. This collection of four plays contains, in A Doll’s House (1879) and Hedda Gabler (1890), his most striking depictions of the struggle by individuals ? especially women ? to realise their full potential; it also presents Peer Gynt (1867), an early verse tour de force, not originally intended for the stage, on the nature of the self, and The Master Builder (1892), a play that explores the clash between the old and the new in richly metaphorical language. This collection returns to the acclaimed translations of William Archer (1856-1924), who through these renditions played a major role in promoting Ibsen’s reputation outside Norway. Archer was also a critic, wh