Ghosts And Other Plays
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Henrik Ibsen, the father of modern drama, unleashed a storm of controversy upon the Victorian world with Ghosts, a searing tragedy in which the sins of the past reach across generations to destroy the living — a work so scandalous upon its 1881 premiere that it was banned across Europe. This Penguin Classics collection brings together Ghosts alongside Ibsen's other landmark works, including The Lady from the Sea and Hedda Gabler, each a masterclass in psychological realism and social dissection, chronicling the private agonies of individuals crushed beneath the weight of bourgeois convention, inherited guilt, and unspoken desire. Ibsen's genius lies in his ruthless exposure of the hypocrisy embedded within respectable society — his characters speak in naturalistic prose, yet every word reverberates with dramatic irony and suppressed violence. His influence on subsequent dramatists, from Shaw and Strindberg to O'Neill and Miller, is immeasurable, cementing his position as the cornerstone of the modern theatrical canon. Translated with precision and care for the English-speaking reader, this collection presents Ibsen at his most uncompromising — leaving the reader to wonder whether the ghosts that haunt his characters are truly those of the dead, or the far more terrifying spectre of truth.
Author: Ibsen
Format: Paperback
Genre: Plays
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Henrik Ibsen, the father of modern drama, unleashed a storm of controversy upon the Victorian world with Ghosts, a searing tragedy in which the sins of the past reach across generations to destroy the living — a work so scandalous upon its 1881 premiere that it was banned across Europe. This Penguin Classics collection brings together Ghosts alongside Ibsen's other landmark works, including The Lady from the Sea and Hedda Gabler, each a masterclass in psychological realism and social dissection, chronicling the private agonies of individuals crushed beneath the weight of bourgeois convention, inherited guilt, and unspoken desire. Ibsen's genius lies in his ruthless exposure of the hypocrisy embedded within respectable society — his characters speak in naturalistic prose, yet every word reverberates with dramatic irony and suppressed violence. His influence on subsequent dramatists, from Shaw and Strindberg to O'Neill and Miller, is immeasurable, cementing his position as the cornerstone of the modern theatrical canon. Translated with precision and care for the English-speaking reader, this collection presents Ibsen at his most uncompromising — leaving the reader to wonder whether the ghosts that haunt his characters are truly those of the dead, or the far more terrifying spectre of truth.