On Ibsen and Strindberg : the reversed telescope / by Franco Perrelli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perrelli, Franco, author.

Contributor:

Department of Germanic Languages Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Strindberg, August, 1849-1912.

Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906.

Criticism and interpretation.

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

Ibsen, Henrik.

Strindberg, August, 1849-1912--Criticism and interpretation.

Strindberg, August.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Literary criticism.

Physical Description:

viii, 121 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019.

Summary:

"This book adopts a comparative approach to examine some curious and original aspects of the dramaturgy and the scenic conception of two great Nordic writers, Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg. As far as Ibsen is concerned, the book looks at the connection between his works and the European Risorgimenti, the anthropological relationship with the rites and atmospheres of Southern Italy, and the problematic link with theatrical tradition. With regards to Strindberg, light is shed on his intense identification with Euripides, but also with his “enemy” Ibsen, and his interest in modern theatrical reformers. There is an almost “archaeological” attention to the first "great actors" - Betty Hennings, Eleonora Duse, Ermete Zacconi - who interpreted Ibsen and Strindberg's dramas, and to some of the more modern of Ibsen's stage sets put forward by those who sought to go beyond his bourgeois formula. Ibsen and Strindberg are read and interpreted from a cultural point of view which is far removed from their historical and geographical setting, and are often observed through a reversed telescope which sheds light paradoxically on revealing aspects of their work."--Publisher description.

"This book adopts a comparative approach to examine some curious and original aspects of the dramaturgy and the scenic conception of two great Nordic writers, Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg. As far as Ibsen is concerned, the book looks at the connection between his works and the European Risorgimenti, the anthropological relationship with the rites and atmospheres of Southern Italy, and the problematic link with theatrical tradition. With regards to Strindberg, light is shed on his intense identification with Euripides, but also with his “enemy” Ibsen, and his interest in modern theatrical reformers. There is an almost “archaeological” attention to the first "great actors" - Betty Hennings, Eleonora Duse, Ermete Zacconi - who interpreted Ibsen and Strindberg's dramas, and to some of the more modern of Ibsen's stage sets put forward by those who sought to go beyond his bourgeois formula. Ibsen and Strindberg are read and interpreted from a cultural point of view which is far removed from their historical and geographical setting, and are often observed through a reversed telescope which sheds light paradoxically on revealing aspects of their work."--Publisher description.

Contents:

Ibsen and the Italian Risorgimento

On Nora's Tarantella

Theatrical roles, feminism, and demonism in Ibsen's plays

Eleonora Duse's idealistic Ibsen

The strange case of Dr Ibsen and Mr Strindberg

Strindberg in the Italian nineteeth-century theatrical cannon

Strindberg and Greek tragedy

August Strindberg and Georg Fuchs

Ibsen in anti-Ibsenian theatre.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Department of Germanic Languages Book Fund.

ISBN:

1527518531

9781527518537

OCLC:

1063686499

Publisher Number:

99980207973