Table of Contents
PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION
PREFACE: 1913
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
THE TWO PIONEERS
IDEALS AND IDEALISTS
THE WOMANLY WOMAN
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ANTI-IDEALIST: EXTRAVAGANZAS
BRAND, 1866
PEER GYNT, 1867
EMPEROR AND GALILEAN, 1873
THE OBJECTIVE ANTI-IDEALIST PLAYS
THE LEAGUE OF YOUTH, 1869
PILLARS OF SOCIETY, 1877
A DOLL’S HOUSE, 1879
GHOSTS, 1881
DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PLAY
DESCRIPTIONS OF IBSEN
DESCRIPTIONS OF IBSEN’S ADMIRERS
AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE, 1882
THE WILD DUCK, 1884
ROSMERSHOLM, 1886
THE LADY FROM THE SEA, 1888
HEDDA GABLER, 1890
THE LAST FOUR PLAYS DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN
THE MASTER BUILDER, 1892
LITTLE EYOLF, 1894
JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN, 1896
WHEN WE DEAD AWAKEN, 1900
THE LESSON OF THE PLAYS
WHAT IS THE NEW ELEMENT IN THE NORWEGIAN SCHOOL?
THE TECHNICAL NOVELTY IN IBSEN’S PLAYS
NEEDED: AN IBSEN THEATRE
