With Vine-Leaves in His Hair: The Role of the Artist in Ibsen's Plays (Series A: Scandinavian Literary History and Criticism) (Paperback)

by Paul Binding (Author)

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Product Description
The title of this study of the artist in Ibsen's work is taken from Hedda Gabler's ambitions for the heroic death of her former lover, Ejlert Lovborg, and points to a cultural inheritance from both Greek tragedy and Romanticism's concept of the artist-as-rebel. In his great sequence of prose plays the figure of the artist (or would-be artist) is of the greatest importance to Ibsen in his presentation of the tensions inside contemporary society. His empathy with his `dramatis personae' and his exact and scrupulously accurate placing of them in context means that we need to appreciate his artist-characters in relation to their respective pursuits if we are to see those plays in which they appear in all their depth.

About the Author
Paul Binding is the author of the novel My Cousin the Writer (2002) and a cultural history of the first atlas, Imagined Corners (2003), as well as two other novels, a prize-winning memoir and two books of poems. He is also the author of The Babel Guide to Scandinavian Fiction in Translation (1999).

Product Details

• Paperback: 230 pages
• Publisher: Norvik Pr (July 2, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1870041674
• ISBN-13: 978-1870041676
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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