Cluj-Napoca: Presa Universitară Clujeană, 2021. — 319 p. We believe that this book will be of interest to researchers, scholars, and students worldwide as the topics tackle diverse areas of interest. The chapter entitled - Ibsen Studies - comprises the papers of six researchers who examine Ibsen’s work from different perspectives. In a similar vein, the chapter - Norwegian,...
New York: Greenwood Press, 1968. — viii, 208 p. Funeral customs: the evidence of archaeology. Funeral customs: the evidence of literature. The conception of the future life. The cult of the dead. The conception of the soul. Necromancy. The journey to the land of the dead.
Oslo: Gyldendal, 1972. — 286 s. Kontrapunkt er et litteraert leseverk for gymnaset. Hvert bind har ved siden av tekstutvalget en litteraturhistorisk innledning. Til sammen blir disse innledningene en litteraturhistorie som spenner fra norron fid til i dag. Leseverket er videre samordnet med en omfattende serie av nyreviderte skoleutgaver av norske forfattere. Tekst og...
Proceedings for the IX International Ibsen Conference in Bergen 5 - 10 June 2000. — Edited by Pål Björby and Asbjörn Aarseth. Published by Alvheim & Eide Akademisk Forlag, Övre Ervik, 2001. — pp. 65-76. I believe that Ibsen, throughout his career, was essentially a writer of tragedy, with most of his major plays being actual attempts at tragedy and with tragic elements often...
Published by the University of Oslo, the Suicide Research and Prevention Unit. First published in the Norwegian journal Suicidologi, Vol. 4, No. 2 (1999), pp. 3-6, utgis av Universitetet i Oslo, Nasjonalt senter for selvmordsforskning og -forebygging. The Norwegian writer Henrik Ibsen knew the problem of suicide through personal experience. As a young man he experienced...
Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism, Vol. I, No. 1 (Fall 1986), pp. 33. ISSN: 0888-3203. Published by the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. When Ibsen sent the manuscript of 'The Wild Duck' to his publisher, he remarked: "This new play stands in certain ways in a place of its own in my dramatic production: the course of action is in various respects divergent from my...
Environmental Values, Vol. 9 (2000), pp. 91-108. Published by the White Horse Press, Cambridge, UK. What role does the wild duck play in Ibsen's famous drama? I argue that, besides mirroring the fate of the human cast members, the duck is acting as animal subject in a quasi-experiment, conducted in a private setting. Analysed from this perspective, the play allows us to discern...
Scandinavian-Canadian Studies / Études scandinaves au Canada, Vol. 18 (2007-2009), pp. 44-54. Published by the Association for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies in Canada. The forensic language in The Wild Duck - its emphasis on the search for "proof" and "evidence" in uncovering a number of putative crimes and misdemeanours - relates the play to the Detective Fiction...
Modern Drama: world drama from 1850 to the present Vol. 48, No. 1 (Spring 2005), pp. 1-10. Published by University of Toronto Press. The question of the possible influence of Darwin's scientific ideas on Ibsen's plays, on "The Wild Duck" in particular, has been addressed more than once in Ibsen scholarship, and yet the answers produced so far are hardly exhaustive. The subject...