Ibsen's drama : author to audience / by Einar Haugen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haugen, Einar, 1906-1994.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reader-response criticism.

Theater audiences.

Drama--Technique.

Drama.

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

Ibsen, Henrik.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 pages) : illustrations, plates

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1979.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"A dramatist for all seasons" Einar Haugen calls Henrik Ibsen in this series of lectures given in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Norwegian playwright's birth. Using a modified version of the communications model developed by linguist Roman Jakobson

Contents:

Prologue; Table of Contents; Introduction: A Dramatist for All Seasons; A Model for Communication; 1 Who was Henrik Ibsen?; 2 Topics of the Times; 3 The Play's the Thing; 4 Under the Surface; 5 Poetry in the Round; 6 Ibsenites and Ibsenism; Epilogue; Appendix 1: Chronology of Ibsen's Life; Appendix 2: Plot Summaries of Ibsen's Plays; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-173) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-6283-5

OCLC:

476162084