Skip to content
Home/ Ibsen Cycle: The Design of the Plays from Pillars of Society to When We Dead Awaken (Rev)
Ibsen Cycle: The Design of the Plays from Pillars of Society to When We Dead Awaken (Rev)

Ibsen Cycle: The Design of the Plays from Pillars of Society to When We Dead Awaken (Rev)

by Johnston, Brian
No customer reviews yet ISBN 9780271008745 Penn State University Press

Contents

Preface to The Ibsen Cycle ix

Preface to the First Edition xv

Acknowledgments xix

Abbreviations xxi

Introduction 1

PART I

1. The "Dramatic" Content of Hegel's Philosophy 27

2. The Philosophical Content of Ibsen's Drama 65

3. The Structure of the Cycle 98

PART II

4. Archetypal Repetition in Ghosts 189

5. The Dialectic of Rosmersholm 237

6. Death and Transfiguration in The Master Builder 289

Epilogue: Ibsen and Modernism 353

Appendix 1: Ghosts 376

Appendix 2: Rosmersholm 380

Appendix 3: The Master Builder 390

Selected Bibliography 397

Index 404

About the author

Product details

BrandPenn State University Press
Pub dateSep 15, 1992
ISBN-100271008741
ISBN-139780271008745
Paperback432.0 pages
LanguageEnglish
Dimensions1.01 × 6.01 × 8.99 in
Weight1 lb
Last updated 2026-03-13 03:45
$44.14
In stock — ships in 24 hours with free tracking
Delivery by Monday, September 14, 2026
Qty
Sign in to Add to Saved list
Free delivery on orders over $35.
15-day returns. Any reason.
Secure checkout. We never store card details.

Readers who bought this also bought

More from Drama
See all
Drama for Students: Presenting Analysis, Context, and Criticism on Commonly Studied Dramas
<p>Each volume of <em>Drama for Students</em> contains easily accessible and content-rich discussions of the literary and historical background of 12 to 15 works from various cultures and time periods. Each play covered in this new resource was specially chosen by an advisory panel of teachers and librarians -- experts who have helped us define the information needs of students and ensure the age-appropriateness of this references content.<br /><br />Each volume (beginning with volume 27) will include two Literature to Film entries. Entries profiling film versions of plays not only diversify the study of drama but support alternate learning styles, media literacy, and film studies curricula as well.<br /><br />You may also be interested in For Students Online - the complete For Students Collection in eBook format.<br /><br />While Gale strives to replicate print content, some content may not be available in the eBook Call your Sales Rep for details.<br /> 01
$252.90
Drama for Students: Presenting Analysis, Context, and Criticism on Commonly Studied Dramas
<p>Each volume of <em>Drama for Students</em> contains easily accessible and content-rich discussions of the literary and historical background of 12 to 15 works from various cultures and time periods. Each play covered in this new resource was specially chosen by an advisory panel of teachers and librarians -- experts who have helped us define the information needs of students and ensure the age-appropriateness of this references content.<br /><br />Each volume (beginning with volume 27) will include two Literature to Film entries. Entries profiling film versions of plays not only diversify the study of drama but support alternate learning styles, media literacy, and film studies curricula as well.<br /><br />You may also be interested in For Students Online - the complete For Students Collection in eBook format.<br /><br />While Gale strives to replicate print content, some content may not be available in the eBook Call your Sales Rep for details.<br /> 01
$265.12
Collected Plays Volume 3_oip
Karnad, Girish
$27.74
Sophocles and the Language of Tragedy
Goldhill, Simon
$51.86
Stitching a Whirlwind: An Anthology of Southern African Poems and Translations
Various
$21.10
Tragedy: A Very Short Introduction
Poole, Adrian
$9.31