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The father of modern drama, Henrik Ibsen shook off the stale conventions of nineteenth-century theater and made the stage play an instrument for brilliantly illuminating the dark recesses of human nature. After writing historical plays and imaginative epic dramas in verse, such as Peer Gynt, Ibsen turned away from history and romanticism to focus instead on the problems of the individual and modern society. The plays of his middle periodA Dolls House, Ghosts, The Wild Duck, and his most popular play, Hedda Gablerare masterpieces of stark psychological realism. In his final plays, including The Master Builder, Ibsen mixed realism and symbolism to enrich his examination of our subconscious drives and urges. Ibsen was criticized and denounced during his lifetime for expanding the boundaries of what is acceptable fare for the stage. Audiences were shocked when he wrote of feminist yearnings, venereal disease, and the deep emotions that underlie the sadness involved in being human. James Joyce put the criticism in perspective: Henrik Ibsen is one of the worlds great men before whom criticism can make but feeble show. . . . When the art of a dramatist is perfect the critic is superfluous

Author

Henrik Ibsen; William Archer; Martin Puchner

Publisher

New York: Barnes & Noble Classics

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9781411431683

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities

Rating

4.07 / 5 (265 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14