Ibsen, Scandinavia and the Making of a World Drama

Reveals the processes by which Ibsen's drama, while firmly rooted in his Scandinavian origins, was appropriated by other European traditions.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. From stage to page; 2. No escape; 3. Open futures; 4. Nora's exit; 5. The sphinx; 6. European breakthrough; 7. Copyright and circulation; 8. The many Ibsens; 9. The provincial world poet.

About the author

Narve Fulsås is Professor of Modern History at Universitetet i Tromsø, Norway, where his work focuses on Norwegian cultural and intellectual history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He has edited Ibsen's letters for the new critical edition, Henrik Ibsens skrifter (2005–10), and is chief editor of the journal Historisk tidsskrift.Tore Rem is Professor of British Literature at Universitetet i Oslo. He has been head of the board of The Centre for Ibsen Studies and has published on Victorian literature, book history, and the early English-language appropriations of Ibsen. He is editor of the new Ibsen editions of the Penguin Classics series.

Summary

Challenges standard accounts of Ibsen's career by introducing a wealth of new material about his Scandinavian contexts, as well as exploring and questioning ideas about literary systems, cultural asymmetries and world literature. The volume will appeal to scholars of Ibsen as well as historians of literature and theatre more widely.

Product details

• Authors: Narve Fulsas, Narve Rem Fulsas, Narve Fulsås, Tore Rem, Rem Tore
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9781316638293
• ISBN: 978-1-316-63829-3
• No. of pages: 292
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other Germanic linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, c 1800 to c 1900, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights