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21%OFFHenrik Ibsen - Peer Gynt and Brand - 9780141197586 - 9780141197586
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Peer Gynt and Brand

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Description for Peer Gynt and Brand Paperback. Translator(s): Hill, Geoffrey. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 296.
A new Penguin edition of Ibsen's two great verse plays, in masterful versions by one of our greatest living poets, Geoffrey Hill. These two powerful and contrasting verse dramas by Ibsen made his reputation as a playwright. The fantastical adventures of the irrepressible Peer Gynt - poet, idler, procrastinator, seducer - draw on Norwegian folklore to conjure up mountains, kidnappings, shipwrecks and trolls in an exuberant examination of truth and the self; while Brand, an unsparing vision of an idealistic priest who lives by his steely faith, explores free will and sacrifice. This volume brings together ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141197586
SKU
9780141197586
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About Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) is often called 'the Father of Modern Drama'. Born in Norway, he left his homeland in 1864 for a 21-year long voluntary exile in Italy and Germany. After successes with the verse dramas Brand and Peer Gynt, he turned to prose, writing his great 12-play cycle of society dramas between 1877 and 1899. This included A Doll's ... Read more

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