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Ibsen's Hedda Gabler : philosophical perspectives / Kristin Gjesdal.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford studies in philosophy and literature.
- Oxford studies in philosophy and literature
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906. Hedda Gabler.
- Ibsen, Henrik.
- Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906--Philosophy.
- Literature--Philosophy.
- Literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 256 pages).
- Other Title:
- Philosophical perspectives
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- Since its publication in 1890, Ibsen's 'Hedda Gabler' has been a recurring point of fascination for readers, theatre audiences, and artists alike. Newly married, yet utterly bored, the character of Hedda Gabler evokes reflection on beauty, love, passion, death, nihilism, identity, and a host of other topics of an existential nature. It is no surprise that Ibsen's work has gained the attention of philosophically-minded readers from Nietzsche, Lou Andreas-Salomé, and Freud, to Adorno, Cavell, and beyond. Once staged at avant-garde theatres in Paris, London, and Berlin, Ibsen is now a global phenomenon. The enigmatic character of Hedda Gabler remains intriguing to generations of actors, audiences, and readers. 'Hedda Gabler' occupies a privileged place in the history of European drama and as a work of literature, and, as this volume demonstrates, invites profound and worthwhile philosophical questions.
- Contents:
- Philosophizing with Ibsen / Kristin Gjesdal
- Nihilism and boredom in Hedda Gabler / Leonardo F. Lisi
- Where Hedda dies: the significance of place / Susan L. Feagin
- Hedda Gabler and the uses of beauty / Thomas Stern
- The scars of modern life: Hedda Gabler in Adorno's prism / Frode Helland
- "My life had stood, a loaded gun": agency and writing in Hedda Gabler / Arnold Weinstein
- Philosophy, theater, and love: Ibsen's Hedda Gabler and Plato's Symposium / Kristin Boyce
- Hedda's words: the work of language in Hedda Gabler / Toril Moi
- Against interpretation?: Hedda and the performing self / Kirsten E. Shepherd-Barr
- Two pistols and some papers: Kierkegaard's seducer and Hedda's gambit / Fred Rush
- Ibsen on history and life: Hedda Gabler in a Nietzschean light / Kirstin Gjesdal.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 13, 2017).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-046791-6
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