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Toril Moi: Henrik Ibsen and the Birth of Modernism

Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) is the founder of modern theater, and his plays are performed all over the world.
ISBN: 9780199202591
Author: Toril Moi
Page: 396
Binding: Soft cover
Publication date: 2012
Format: Book
Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Language: English

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Yet in spite of his unquestioned status as a classic of the stage, Ibsen is often dismissed as a fuddy-duddy old realist, whose plays are of interest only because they remain the gateway to modern theater. In Henrik Ibsen and the Birth of Modernism, Toril Moi makes a powerful case not just for Ibsen's modernity, but for his modernism. Situating Ibsen in his cultural context, she shows how unexpected his rise to world fame was, and the extent of his influence on writers such Shaw, Wilde, and Joyce who were seeking to escape the shackles of Victorianism.

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