Mythic patterns in Ibsen's last plays / [by] Orley I. Holtan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holtan, Orley I.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Myth in literature.

Drama--Technique.

Drama.

Norway--In literature.

Norway.

Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906--Criticism and interpretation.

Ibsen, Henrik.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [1970]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Until recently critics have tended to regard Ibsen principally as a social dramatist, one who was concerned primarily with the political, social, and moral questions of his time. Radical though he was in the Victorian era, his ideas, with the passage o ti.

Contents:

Intro

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION: AN APPROACH TO IBSEN

MYTH AND LITERATURE: A DEFINITION AND A RELATIONSHIP

IBSEN'S EARLIER CAREER: FROM MYTH TO SOCIAL REALISM

The Wild Duck and Rosmersholm: THE RE-ENTRY OF THE MYTHIC

The Lady from the Sea and Hedda Gabler: MYTH AND PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY

The Master Builder: PROMETHEUS AND THE DYING KING

Little Eyolf: THE MYTH OF SACRIFICE AND REDEMPTION

John Gabriel Borkman and When We Dead Awaken: MYTHS OF DEATH AND RESURRECTION

CONCLUSION: IBSEN IN PERSPECTIVE

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y.

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis, University of Minnesota, under the title: Ibsen's "new mythology": a critical re-evaluation of his last eight plays.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-204) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-5789-0

OCLC:

646749164