The Oxford Ibsen (Five-Volume Set)
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Author: McFarlane
Binding: Hardback
Published: OXFORD, 1962
Condition:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing, price clipped
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Incomplete set. Includes Vols 1-3 + Vols 7&8.
Volume 1: Early Plays (1970); Volume 2: The Vikings at Helgeland, Love’s Comedy, The Pretenders (1962); Volume 3: Brand, Peer Gynt (1972); Volume 7: The Lady from the Sea, Hedda Gabler, The Master Builder (1966); Volume 8: Little Eyolf, John Gabriel Borkman, When We Dead Awaken (1977). This scholarly drama set presents Henrik Ibsen’s major plays in authoritative critical editions, offering a rigorous blend of theatrical literature and academic commentary. The collection details Ibsen’s evolution from early verse drama to the incisive social realism that reshaped modern theatre, supported by McFarlane’s editorial apparatus that clarifies textual history, staging context, and thematic architecture. Even in its incomplete state, the set stands as a substantial foundation for studying Ibsen’s dramatic craft and the intellectual force of his work.
Author: McFarlane
Binding: Hardback
Published: OXFORD, 1962
Condition:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing, price clipped
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Incomplete set. Includes Vols 1-3 + Vols 7&8.
Volume 1: Early Plays (1970); Volume 2: The Vikings at Helgeland, Love’s Comedy, The Pretenders (1962); Volume 3: Brand, Peer Gynt (1972); Volume 7: The Lady from the Sea, Hedda Gabler, The Master Builder (1966); Volume 8: Little Eyolf, John Gabriel Borkman, When We Dead Awaken (1977). This scholarly drama set presents Henrik Ibsen’s major plays in authoritative critical editions, offering a rigorous blend of theatrical literature and academic commentary. The collection details Ibsen’s evolution from early verse drama to the incisive social realism that reshaped modern theatre, supported by McFarlane’s editorial apparatus that clarifies textual history, staging context, and thematic architecture. Even in its incomplete state, the set stands as a substantial foundation for studying Ibsen’s dramatic craft and the intellectual force of his work.