A Doll's House (eBook)

Henrik Ibsen (Autor)

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2012
80 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-11020-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Ibsen's best-known play displays his genius for realistic prose drama. An expression of women's rights, the play climaxes when the central character, Nora, rejects a smothering marriage and life in "a doll's house."

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One of the best-known, most frequently performed of modern plays, A Doll's House richly displays the genius with which Henrik Ibsen pioneered modern, realistic prose drama. In the central character of Nora, Ibsen epitomized the human struggle against the humiliating constraints of social conformity. Nora's ultimate rejection of a smothering marriage and life in "a doll's house" shocked theatergoers of the late 1800s and opened new horizons for playwrights and their audiences.But daring social themes are only one aspect of Ibsen's power as a dramatist. A Doll's House shows as well his gifts for creating realistic dialogue, a suspenseful flow of events and, above all, psychologically penetrating characterizations that make the struggles of his dramatic personages utterly convincing. Here is a deeply absorbing play as readable as it is eminently playable, reprinted from an authoritative translation.

Autor

Only Shakespeare's plays are performed more frequently than those of Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906). The Norwegian playwright, theater director, and poet scandalized many of his contemporaries as he led the theater into the modern era by exploring the realities behind 19th-century social conventions.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.4.2012
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Thrift Editions
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Thrift Editions: Plays
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Thrift Editions: Plays
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 130 x 130 mm
• Gewicht: 73 g
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater
• Schlagworte: 1879 • 19th century • 21st Century • achebe wrote • books on 1879 • books on 19th centuries • books on 21st centuries • books on classic plays • books on colonial powers • books on cultural clashes • books on doll houses • books on english classes • books on english literatures • books on europeans • books on feminist plays • books on gender roles • books on husband 's lives • books on igbo cultures • books on igbos • books on lit classes • books on literature classes • books on loans • books on mahfouz • books on masculinities • books on native religions • books on nigerians • books on nineteenth centuries • books on palace walks • books on traditional villages • books on tragic heros • books on tribal cultures • books on village cultures • books on western civilizations • books on womens rights • books on world literatures • books on yeats • Brack • classic play • Colonial powers • colonized • Cultural Clash • doll house • english class • English literature • Europeans • feminist play • gender roles • husband's life • ibo people • igbo culture • Igbos • lit class • literature class • Loan • Mahfouz • male dominated • Masculinity • mrs linde • native religion • nicholas rudall • Nigerians • Nineteenth century • Norma • Norway • Norwegian • palace walk • play remains • pre-colonial • son nwoye • torvald helmer • traditional village • tragic hero • Tribal culture • village culture • Western civilization • Womens Rights • World literature • Yeats
• ISBN-10: 0-486-11020-6 / 0486110206
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-11020-2 / 9780486110202