Four Major Plays, Volume I
Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · June 6, 2006
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- Who it’s for
- Four Ibsen dramas pair realistic dialogue with sharp questions about reality, illusion, and social life.
- Themes
- Greed and fear, Sexual hostility, Reality versus illusion
- Genres
- Scandinavian Literary Collections, Plays
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Four Major Plays: Volume I A Doll House • The Wild Duck • Hedda Gabler • The Master Builder Among the greatest and best known of Ibsen’s works, these four plays brilliantly exemplify his landmark contributions to the theater: his realistic dialogue, probing of social problems, and depiction of characters’ inner lives as well as their actions.
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Rich in symbolism and often autobiographical, each of these dramas deals convincingly and provocatively with such universal themes as greed, fear, and sexual hostility, and confronts the eternal conflict between reality and illusion. These Rolf Fjelde translations have been widely acclaimed as the definitive versions of the major works of the father of modern theater. Translated and with a Foreword by Rolf Fjelde And an Afterword by Joan Templeton
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Four Ibsen dramas pair realistic dialogue with sharp questions about reality, illusion, and social life.
Come here for
- Social tensions rendered through characters’ inner lives and actions
- Symbolism alongside the plain force of realistic dialogue
Expect
- Four plays translated by Rolf Fjelde
- A foreword by Rolf Fjelde and an afterword by Joan Templeton
Where it sits
| Plays | 39% |
|---|---|
| Scandinavian Literary Collections | 35% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- European Plays
- Scandinavian Literary Collections
- Drama Criticism
- Authors
- Henrik Ibsen
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- June 6, 2006
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Greed and fear · Sexual hostility · Reality versus illusion
- Reading lane
- European Plays