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Challenges standard accounts of Ibsen's career by introducing a wealth of new material about his Scandinavian contexts, as well as exploring and questioning ideas about literary systems, cultural asymmetries and world literature. The volume will appeal to scholars of Ibsen as well as historians of literature and theatre more widely.

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'In this exceptionally informative study, Fulsås and Rem map the remarkable ascending trajectory of Scandinavian literature in general and of Henrik Ibsen in particular that began in the pivotal year 1850 and reached its zenith in the closing decade of the nineteenth century. Recommended.' Choice

Table of Contents
Introduction; 1. From stage to page; 2. No escape; 3. Open futures; 4. Nora's exit; 5. The sphinx; 6. European breakthrough; 7. Copyright and circulation; 8. The many Ibsens; 9. The provincial world poet.

Ibsen Scandinavia and the Making of a World Drama

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    A Paperback by Narve Fulsas, Tore Rem

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 1/23/2019 12:05:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9781316638293
      978-1316638293
      ISBN-10 1316638294
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Challenges standard accounts of Ibsen's career by introducing a wealth of new material about his Scandinavian contexts, as well as exploring and questioning ideas about literary systems, cultural asymmetries and world literature. The volume will appeal to scholars of Ibsen as well as historians of literature and theatre more widely.

      Trade Review
      'In this exceptionally informative study, Fulsås and Rem map the remarkable ascending trajectory of Scandinavian literature in general and of Henrik Ibsen in particular that began in the pivotal year 1850 and reached its zenith in the closing decade of the nineteenth century. Recommended.' Choice

      Table of Contents
      Introduction; 1. From stage to page; 2. No escape; 3. Open futures; 4. Nora's exit; 5. The sphinx; 6. European breakthrough; 7. Copyright and circulation; 8. The many Ibsens; 9. The provincial world poet.

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