Research Catalog

Title

The Cambridge companion to Ibsen / edited by James McFarlane.

Publication

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.

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Additional Authors

McFarlane, James Walter.

Description

xxvi, 271 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

In the history of modern theater Ibsen is on of the dominating figures. His conquest of the theater over the past hundred years - first in Scandinavia, and then very quickly in Europe, North America and the wider world - makes him one of the most frequestly performed playwrights in the world today. The sixteen chapters of the Companion, contributed by a distingished international team, explore Ibsen's life and work, providing an invaluable reference work for students of drama and of literature.

Series Statement

Cambridge companions to literature

Uniform Title

• Cambridge companions online.
• Cambridge companions to literature.

Alternative Title

• Companion to Ibsen
• Ibsen

Subject

Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906 > Criticism and interpretation

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ibsen's dramatic apprenticeship / A. Aarseth -- Ibsen and historical drama / B. Hemmer -- Dramatic and non-dramatic poetry / J. Northam -- Ibsen and comedy / R. Young -- Ibsen and the realistic problem drama / B. Hemmer -- Ibsen and feminism / G. Finney -- The middle plays / J. Garton -- The last plays / I.-S. Ewbank -- Ibsen's working methods / J. McFarlane -- Ibsen and the theatre 1877-1900 / S. Williams -- Ibsen and the twentieth-century stage / F.J. Marker and L.-L. Marker -- Ibsen on film and television / E. Törnqvist -- On staging Ibsen / J. Barton -- Ibsen and the drama of today / A. Miller -- A century of Ibsen criticism / E. Durbach -- Works of reference / S. Saari.

ISBN

• 052142321X (pbk.)
• 0521411611 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^^93007884^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library