Hedda Gabler / Henrik Ibsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906.

Standardized Title:

Hedda Gabl. English

Language:

English

Norwegian

Subjects (All):

Women--Europe--Social conditions--19th century--Drama.

Women.

Social conditions.

Europe.

Genre:

Drama.

Physical Description:

xix, 104 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Methuen Drama, 2001.

Language Note:

Translated from the Norwegian.

Summary:

Ibsen wrote Hedda Gabler in Munich in 1890, shortly before his return to Norway after twenty-seven years of self-imposed exile. The play was intended as a tragedy on the purposelessness of life and, in particular, that which was imposed on the women of his time, both by their upbringing and by the social conventions which limited their activities. When it was first produced, it met with misunderstanding and abuse. It has nevertheless become one of the most popular of Ibsen's plays.

"Meyer's translations of Ibsen are a major fact in one's general sense of post-war drama. Their vital pace, their unforced insistence in the poetic center of Ibsen's genius, have beaten academic versions from the field."-George Steiner, New Statesman

Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) is generally regarded as the father of modern theatre: "His influence on contemporaries and following generations, whether directly or indirectly ... can hardly be overestimated."-John Russell Taylor

ISBN:

0413326705

OCLC:

46808735