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Book SynopsisA major biography of one of the most important figures in modern drama, evoked through a biographical reading of his plays
Trade Review“Includes an interesting section on how the Norwegian playwright employed syphilis as the central metaphor in his play Ghosts. Venereal disease was rampant in Scandinavia in the 1880s and Sprinchorn charts how the author of Doll’s House was always willing to tackle a taboo subject.”—Martin Chilton,
The Independent“Not the story as often told, but that only makes it more valuable. Of the greatest interest not only to Ibsen scholars but to all serious students of modern drama and theater practitioners.”—Michael Goldman, Princeton University
“An exhaustive examination of Ibsen's life and work by a major scholar of Scandinavian literature,
Ibsen's Kingdom is the fullest analysis of Ibsen as a ‘poet of paradoxes.’”—Joan Templeton, author of
Ibsen's Women
