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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. The third of Michael Meyer's six-volume translation of Ibsen moves toward some of his more hypnotic and unusual works, with neat translations that prove why Meyer was the most prominent Ibsen translator of the 20th century. Whether someone in the 21st century will eclipse him is yet to be seen, but his intelligent dealing of the characters - particularly with Ibsen's often overt character deconstructions - is well worth reading. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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'Meyer''s translations of Ibsen are a major fact in one''s general sense of post-war drama. Their vital pace, their unforced insistence on the poetic centre of Ibsen''s genius, have beaten academic versions from the field (George Steiner) Includes three of Henrik Ibsen''s most important works from his middle period. Generally regarded as the father of modern theatre, Ibsen''s ''influence on contemporaries and following generations, whether directly or indirectly.can hardly be overestimated'' (John Russell Taylor). The three plays in this volume show how Ibsen gradually turned from the study of social problems to a closer concern with the sickness of individuals. In Rosmersholm (1886), ''this most enthralling of Ibsen''s works'' (George Bernard Shaw), he explores the hypnotic hold one person may gain over another, a theme he took up in his next play, The Lady from the Sea (1888), and which reappears in Little Eyolf (1894), which William Archer ranked ''beside, if not above, the very greatest of Ibsen''s works''. ''Michael Meyer''s translations are ''crisp and cobweb-free, purged of verbal Victoriana'' ''(Kenneth Tynan)' No library descriptions found. |
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