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Henrik Johan Ibsen was a major Norwegian playwright largely responsible for the rise of modern realistic drama. He is often referred to as the "father of modern drama." Ibsen is held to be the greatest of Norwegian authors and one of the most important playwrights of all time, celebrated as a national symbol by Norwegians. His plays were considered scandalous to many of his era, when Victorian values of family life and propriety largely held sway in Europe and any challenge to them was considered immoral and outrageous. Ibsen's work examined the realities that lay behind many facades, possessing a revelatory nature that was disquieting to many contemporaries. Ibsen largely founded the modern stage by introducing a critical eye and free inquiry into the conditions of life and issues of morality. Victorian-era plays were expected to be moral dramas with noble protagonists pitted against darker forces; every drama was expected to result in a morally appropriate conclusion, meaning that goodness was to bring happiness, and immorality pain. Ibsen challenged this notion and the beliefs of his times and shattered the illusions of his audiences.
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Ibsen
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Volume 1
1940
Volume 2
1970
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Ett dockhem; Frun från havet; Hedda Gabler; Byggmästare Solness
2019
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1964
2026
1890
2016
1972
1950
Four Major Plays
1879
I pilastri della società, Casa di bambola, Spettri, Un nemico del popolo, La casa dei Rosmer, La donna del mare, Hedda Gabler
2002
I pilastri della società-Casa di bambola-Spettri-Un nemico del popolo-La casa dei Rosmer-La donna del mare-Hedda Gabler. Ediz. integrale
2013
2026
Volume VI: An Enemy of the People; The Wild Duck; Rosmersholm
1960
Three Major Plays (Oberon Classics) by Ibsen, Henrik (2006) Paperback
2006
2016
Peer Gynt; The Pretenders
1867
Four Plays
1998
2003
1896
Gildet Pa Solhaug (1908)
2009