Henrik Ibsen and the Birth of Modernism - Art, Theater, Philosophy

Zusatztext Moi's clear-eyed revaluation of the playwright...is particularly good on Ibsen's women, refusing to idealise them and placing them at the heart of his investigative project. Informationen zum Autor Toril Moi was born and raised in Norway, and worked in England in the 1980s, before moving to Duke University in 1989, where she is now the James B. Duke Professor of Literature and Romance Studies. She is the author of influential books on feminist theory. The second edition of her landmark study of Simone de Beauvoir will be published in January 2008. Klappentext This is a major critical study of Henrik Ibsen by a leading literary theorist. Toril Moi offers a radical reappraisal of Ibsen's place in the birth of modernism and the origins of modern theatre, his influence on other writers, and the connection between his visual imagination and his plays. Zusammenfassung Published to coincide with the hundredth anniversary of his death, this is a major critical study of Henrik Ibsen by a leading literary theorist. Toril Moi offers a radical reappraisal of Ibsen's place in the birth of modernism and the origins of modern theatre, his influence on other writers, and the connection between his visual imagination and his plays.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Toril Moi, Toril (James B. Duke Professor of Literature Moi, Toril (James B. Duke Professor of Literature and Romance Studies Moi, Moi Toril
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 14.02.2008
• EAN: 9780199202591
• ISBN: 978-0-19-920259-1
• Pagine: 416
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Altra linguistica germanica / letteratura; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Scandinavian, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Theatre Studies, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Norwegian, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights