The Quintessence of Ibsenism

The Quintessence of Ibsenism

The Quintessence of Ibsenism

Bernard Shaw

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Editorial:
Wildside Press
Año de edición:
2025
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Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9781434479068
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This influential critical essay analyzes the revolutionary social and dramatic ideas of Henrik Ibsen, positioning him as a moral realist who dismantled Victorian hypocrisies through theater. Offering more than mere literary analysis, the work serves as a manifesto for a new kind of drama-one grounded in truth, societal reform, and psychological insight. With characteristic wit and iconoclasm, the author challenges both audiences and institutions to reckon with the uncomfortable realities Ibsen dared to stage.

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