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Henrik Ibsen

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Born: March 19 1828

Died: 2222 05 19061906

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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Henrik Ibsen

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Books from Henrik Ibsen

The Wild Duck

Four Major Plays: A Doll's House / Ghosts / Hedda Gabler / The Master Builder

The Master Builder

A Doll's House

A Doll's House and Other Plays

Four Major Plays, Vol. 1: A Doll House / The Wild Duck / Hedda Gabler / The Master Builder

Hedda Gabler and Other Plays

Hedda Gabler

Gengangere

Four Great Plays: Ghosts / The Wild Duck / An Enemy of the People / A Doll's House

An Enemy of the People

Little Eyolf

The Complete Major Prose Plays

Henrik Ibsen: Nora (Ein Puppenheim)

Peer Gynt: A Dramatic Poem

Six Great Modern Plays

Four Major Plays, Vol. 2: Ghosts / An Enemy of the People / The Lady from the Sea / John Gabriel Borkman

Peer Gynt - Tegneserieroman

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