Henrik Ibsen's place as the creator of the modern social drama of ideas is unquestioned. His unremitting attacks on the outworn institutions of society and the stifling hypocrisy of those who pretended to subscribe to them, brought storms of nervous protest from his critics. "Revoltingly suggestive and blasphemous," "scandalous," "noisome corruption," "foul and filthy," they said. Yet Ibsen persisted; he shocked the unthinking into thinking and blasted through the thick fog of convention to the restless human passions hidden underneath. Today, his plays continue to throw the bright light of reason into some murky corners of the Victorian mind.
Book Details
Format
paperback
ISBN-10
0553122045
ISBN-13
9780553122046
Publication Date
Jan 1978
Item Weight
0.42 pounds
Length
10.00 inch
Width
6.00 inch
Height
1.00 inch
Subtitle
A Doll's House; The Wild Duck; An Enemy of the People; Ghosts
Henrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the god father" of modern drama and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre.[1] His plays were considered scandalous to many of his era, when Victorian values of family life and propriety largely held sway in Europe. Ibsen's work examined the realities that lay behind many facades, possessing a revelatory nature that was disquieting to many contemporaries. It utilized a critical eye and free inquiry into the conditions of life and issues of morality. Ibsen is often ranked as one of the truly great playwrights in the European tradition, alongside Shakespeare. — [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrik_Ibsen)
