Henrik Ibsen's drama is the most prominent and lasting contribution of the cultural surge seen in Scandinavian literature in the later nineteenth century. When he made his debut in Norway in 1850, ...the nation's literary presence was negligible, yet by 1890 Ibsen had become one of Europe's most famous authors. Contrary to the standard narrative of his move from restrictive provincial origins to liberating European exile, Narve Fulsås and Tore Rem show how Ibsen's trajectory was preconditioned on his continued embeddedness in Scandinavian society and culture, and that he experienced great success in his home markets. This volume traces how Ibsen's works first travelled outside Scandinavia and studies the mechanisms of his appropriation in Germany, Britain and France. Engaging with theories of book dissemination and world literature, and re-assessing the emergence of 'peripheral' literary nations, this book provides new perspectives on the work of this major figure of European literature and theatre.
Taking a solitary stand Luckhurst, Mary
The Lancet (British edition),
11/2012, Volume:
380, Issue:
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Stockmann, the local doctor and public medical officer of a Norwegian town, has discovered that the spa waters are mixing with contaminated effluent from the tannery and spreading lethal disease and ...infection, explaining the recent cases of typhoid. Greed and short-termism win out, and support for the doctor evaporates; so-called liberals metamorphose into oppressors and censors, and the Mayor, along with the local newspaper editor, Hovstad, are instrumental in ensuring that the town brands Stockmann "an enemy to society".
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Henrik Ibsen Siddall, S.H; Moseley, Charles
2008
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The woman in question De Ambrogi, Marco
The Lancet (British edition),
03/2017, Volume:
389, Issue:
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...it is Hedda Gabler, the central character of Henrik Ibsen's play of 1891, as presented in a production based on an adaptation by Patrick Marber at London's National Theatre. To cast fresh light on ...this enigmatic character, one of the most avant-garde theatre directors in Europe, Belgian Ivo van Hove, has joined forces with the superb acting skills of Ruth Wilson in the title role.
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Finding a voice De Ambrogi, Marco
The Lancet (British edition),
03/2020, Volume:
395, Issue:
10227
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Ein Wiener am Nordkap Ilgner, Julia
European journal of Scandinavian studies,
10/2023, Volume:
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Abstract The essay examines the exclusive journey to Scandinavia of the 34-year-old Austrian poet Arthur Schnitzler in the summer of 1896 on the basis of its documentation in the diary as well as in ...various correspondences. Especially in his love letters to his mistress Marie Reinhard, the young Viennese author, creates the ,fictional idea of an imaginary journey for two‘ in order to let her participate in his experiences abroad. On this source basis, Schnitzler’s ,touristic view‘ of the north and Western Norway in particular, as well as its productive reception in his literary work, are discussed in order to show the fictional as well as factual components of his image of the north and of northerness in general.
Dukore recalls William Archer's lonely voice against censorship at the 1892 Select Committee on Theatres and Places of Entertainment as well as dramatists' increasing recourse to private performances ...to circumvent the Lord Chamberlain's refusal to license plays. The comparative approach to the film versions of Pygmalion, Saint Joan, Major Barbara, and Caesar and Cleopatra opens a constructive analysis of the various forms of censorship at work through the production process and of Shaw's responses, including selfcensorship, in different contexts. ...they reveal that even before the award of the 1925 Nobel Prize in Literature and his "status enshrined" (158), Shaw had gained a reputation by 1909 that rendered the censors lukewarm about demanding cuts.
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While J. R. R. Tolkien theoretically avoids focusing on tragedy, he uses multiple instances of the literary archetype in his legendarium. The tragedy of Gollum in The Lord of the Rings is a two-facet ...conundrum resolved if exposed to its two originating aspects. If the originating phase of the tragedy is proved to be Gollum's time-worn background, then he is regarded as the representative of a prince who undergoes the medieval tradition of tragedy. His greedy aspiration for the Ring--which becomes the symbol of defiling the Fortune--pushes him towards his misery. The aspiration itself is continuous adversity that is consummated in the Mount Doom.
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