Henrik Ibsen and the Birth of Modernism: Art, Theater, Philosophy

by Toril Moi

Book Overview

Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) is the founder of modern theater, and his plays are performed all over the world. Yet in spite of his unquestioned status as a classic of the stage, Ibsen is often dismissed as a boring old realist, whose plays are of interest only because they remain the gateway to modern theater. In Henrik Ibsen and the Birth of Modernism, Toril Moi makes a powerful case not just for Ibsen's modernity, but also for his modernism.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199295875
• ISBN13: 9780199295876
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.3"