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A major biography of one of the most important figures in modern drama, evoked through a biographical reading of his plays

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“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


Ibsens Kingdom

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    A Hardback by Evert Sprinchorn

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      Publisher Yale University Press
      Published 23 March 2021
      ISBN-13 9780300228663
      978-0300228663
      ISBN-10 030022866X
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      Biography: arts and entertainment Literary studies: plays and playwrights

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A 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


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