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Ibsen's Drama
Theoharis Constantine Theoharis
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Description for Ibsen's Drama
Hardback. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSA; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 411.
Ibsen's Drama: Right Action and Tragic Joy argues that in his late plays Ibsen struggled with, and finally repudiated the Aristotelian ideas of reality and change that held sway over the earlier part of his career, and more generally over nineteenth century drama and culture. The first chapter analyzes Aristotle's Poetics, which centers on the classical relation of catharsis, rational agency, and intelligible change in human affairs. The second chapter presents Nietzsche's transformation of those topics into a modernist poetics and a modernist agenda for living. The rest of the book analyzes Ghosts, Rosmersholm, and The Master Builder , and ... Read more
Ibsen's Drama: Right Action and Tragic Joy argues that in his late plays Ibsen struggled with, and finally repudiated the Aristotelian ideas of reality and change that held sway over the earlier part of his career, and more generally over nineteenth century drama and culture. The first chapter analyzes Aristotle's Poetics, which centers on the classical relation of catharsis, rational agency, and intelligible change in human affairs. The second chapter presents Nietzsche's transformation of those topics into a modernist poetics and a modernist agenda for living. The rest of the book analyzes Ghosts, Rosmersholm, and The Master Builder , and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
319
Condition
New
Number of Pages
310
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312221492
SKU
V9780312221492
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About Theoharis Constantine Theoharis
THEOHARIS C. THEOHARIS teaches at Harvard University and is editor of The Boston Book Review. He is the author of James Joyce's Ulysses: An Anatomy of the Soul.
Reviews for Ibsen's Drama
'...a bright new addition to the major critical works on Ibsen...Ibsen's Drama demands engagement and very careful attention...' - Essays in Theatre '...This is the best book on Ibsen I have read in years...' - Brian Johnston, Comparative Drama 'Theoharis's effective, compact study in intellectual history connects persuasively with detailed commentary on the theatrical ... Read more