BIBLIOGRAPHY

FURTHER READING
CRITICAL WORKS

Beyer, Edward. Ibsen: The Man and His Work. New York: Taplinger, 1980. Complete, easy-to-read overview of Ibsen's life and plays.

Bradbrook, M. C. Ibsen the Norwegian. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1969 (first published 1948). Practical discussion of the plays and their context.

Brandes, Georg. Henrik Ibsen. New York: B. Blom, 1964 (first published 1899). Interesting commentary by one of Ibsen's contemporaries.

Downs, Brian W. A Study of Six Plays by Ibsen. Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge University Press, 1950. Includes an interesting study of A Doll's House.

Durback, Errol. Ibsen the Romantic. Athens, Ga.: Univ. of Georgia Press, 1982. A scholarly treatise on Ibsen's later works.

Gray, Ronald. Ibsen-A Dissenting View. Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge University Press, 1980. Raises some commonsense questions about Ibsen's plays.

Ibsen, Henrik. Letters and Speeches. Edited by Evert Sprinchorn. New York: Hill and Wang, 1964. Searing comments and insights from Ibsen himself.

Jorgenson, Theodore. Henrik Ibsen: His Life and Drama. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Edwards Brothers, 1963. Good interpretive discussion of the plays.

Lucas, F. L. The Drama of Ibsen and Strindberg. New York: Macmillan, 1962. Practical and readable discussions of each play.

Meyer, Hans Georg. Henrik Ibsen. New York: Frederick Ungar, 1972. Examines the moral issues in the plays.

Shaw, George Bernard. The Quintessence of Ibsenism. New York: Hill and Wang, 1957 (first published 1913). A classic work by the great dramatist who helped bring Ibsen
international acclaim.

AUTHOR'S OTHER MAJOR WORKS

Love's Comedy (1862)
Brand (1866)
Peer Gynt (1867)
Emperor and Galilean (1873)
The Pillars of Society (1877)
Ghosts (1881)
An Enemy of the People (1882)
The Wild Duck (1884)
Rosmersholm (1886)
The Lady from the Sea (1888)
The Master Builder (1892)
Little Eyolf (1894)
John Gabriel Borkman (1896)
When We Dead Awaken (1899)

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