Ibsen's Selected Plays (Norton Critical Editions)

IbsenascendedtothefirstranksofEuropeanwritersinthelatenineteenthcenturyandhasremainedthereeversince.TheNortonCriticalEditionincludesfivemajorplaysspanningIbsen’slongcareerinrecenttranslationsbyBrianJohnston(PeerGynt,TheWildDuck,andTheMasterBuilder)andBrianJohnstonandRickDavis(ADollHouseandHeddaGabler).ThetranslationofPeerGyntappearsforthefirsttimeinthisNortonCriticalEdition.“Backgrounds”givesstudentsanunderstandingofIbsen’screativeprocesswithselectionsfromhiscorrespondenceandotherwritings.Twenty-sevendocumentshavebeencollectedandarrangedbyplay,withasectionofautobiographicalwritingsattheend.Ibsen’splayscontinuetoprovokediversecommentary.“Criticism”includesnineteenofthemostimportantresponsestoIbsen’swork,amongthemessaysbyBernardShaw,SandraSaari,E.M.Forster,HughKenner,andJoanTempleton.AChronologyandSelectedBibliographyarealsoincluded.