Ibsen Cycle: The Design of the Plays from Pillars of Society

ISBN: 0271008741

Author: Johnston, Brian

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ContentsPreface to The Ibsen CycleixPreface to the First Edition xvAcknowledgments xixAbbreviations xxiIntroduction 1PART I1. The "Dramatic" Content of Hegel's Philosophy 272. The Philosophical Content of Ibsen's Drama 653.The Structure of the Cycle 98PART II4.Archetypal Repetition in Ghosts1895. The Dialectic of Rosmersholm 2376.Death and Transfiguration in The Master Builder 289Epilogue: Ibsen and Modernism 353Appendix 1: Ghosts 376Appendix 2: Rosmersholm 380Appendix 3: The Master Builder 390Selected Bibliography 397Index 404