1828-1906

Presents literary critic George Bernard Shaw's analysis ofthe plays of Ibsen, providing commentary on such individual plays as "HeddaGabler," "A Doll's House," and "Ghosts.".

Contains sixteen essays in which various authors explore different aspects of the life and work of nineteenth-century Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen.

This study provides close readings of ten of Ibsen's best-known plays. It also surveys Ibsen's total dramatic output, carefully situating his plays in their cultural, historical and intellectual contexts.

Contains contemporary criticism on the works of Henrik Ibsen, brief notes on the contributors, and a chronology of the his life.

Includes a biography of Ibsen plus critical studies of four of his plays.

Presents five major Henrik Ibsen plays along with twenty-seven related documents, primarily correspondence, and nineteen works of criticism by such figures as Henry James and W. H. Auden.