Written in 1867, "Peer Gynt" was Ibsen's last work to use poetry as a medium of dramatic expression. The play draws on Ibsen's own childhood and character - he wrote that he derived many features of Peer Gynt "from self-dissection".
Scandinavian literature
- Author:Ibsen, HenrikSummary:
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A compelling, eerie new audiobook from the internationally bestselling author of Let the Right One In. "At the top of his game, Lindqvist gives Stephen King and John Saul at their best a run for the money." 'Library Journal (starred) "...
- Author:Ibsen, HenrikSummary:
Taken from the highly acclaimed Oxford Ibsen, this collection of Ibsen's plays includes A Doll's House, Ghosts, Hedda Gabler and The Master Builder.
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A Guardian Book of the Year and Chapters/Indigo Best Book A bestseller in Scandinavia -- Doppler is the enchanting, subversive, and very unusual story about one man and his moose. This beguiling modern fable tells the story of a man who...
