Ibsen in America
Robert A. Schanke
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Description for Ibsen in America
Hardback. Schanke analyzes Ibsen's evolution from iconoclast to icon. With actresses' essays and interviews about the playwright, index, bibliography, and illustrations of Ibsen productions. Num Pages: 366 pages, Illustrations, plans, transparencies, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 553.
"Dramatic freaks," "a cataract of vapid talk," "an offence to taste"—such were the epithets coined by American critics in the late 19th century about the dramas of the "Bard of Bacteria," Henrik Ibsen. By the 1970s, however, attitudes had reversed. When Washington's Kennedy Center opened its new Eisenhower Theater, they premiered with Ibsen's A Doll's House. This shift in one century from rejection to acceptance, from avant-garde to establishment status, did not occur without considerable resistance. Schanke analyzes this evolution from iconoclast to icon. With actresses' essays and interviews about the playwright, index, bibliography, and illustrations of Ibsen productions.
"Dramatic freaks," "a cataract of vapid talk," "an offence to taste"—such were the epithets coined by American critics in the late 19th century about the dramas of the "Bard of Bacteria," Henrik Ibsen. By the 1970s, however, attitudes had reversed. When Washington's Kennedy Center opened its new Eisenhower Theater, they premiered with Ibsen's A Doll's House. This shift in one century from rejection to acceptance, from avant-garde to establishment status, did not occur without considerable resistance. Schanke analyzes this evolution from iconoclast to icon. With actresses' essays and interviews about the playwright, index, bibliography, and illustrations of Ibsen productions.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
Number of Pages
366
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810820999
SKU
V9780810820999
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Reviews for Ibsen in America
...an excellent survey.
Scandinavian-American Bulletin
...a great service for students of the theater....Students should find it an invaluable source for papers on performance history
Ibsen News and Comment
Scandinavian-American Bulletin
...a great service for students of the theater....Students should find it an invaluable source for papers on performance history
Ibsen News and Comment