Henrik Ibsen
Scope|Circulating
Books|Critical
Sources|Web Sites
SCOPE: Henrik Ibsen was a Norwegian dramatist and poet whose own personal demons of alcohol, poverty, and gambling, are reflected in his plays. Although, he experienced failure early on in his career, he was later recognized as one of the world’s greatest dramatists. (Diamond, Encyclopedia of World Writers) He is best known for his plays Peer Gynt, A Doll’s House, and Hedda
Gabler.
CIRCULATING BOOKS
Books of Henrik Ibsen’s works are listed in our on-line catalog
under, "Ibsen, Henrik,” and under individual titles.
Books written by and about Henrik Ibsen have the call number(s) PT8861
Some representative books from the circulating collection located upstairs in the library are:
Brustein, Robert Sanford. The
Theatre of Revolt: An Approach to the Modern Drama. Chicago: Elephant Paperbacks, 1991.
Durbach, Errol. A
Doll’s House: Ibsen’s Myth of Transformation. Boston: Twayne, 1991.
McFarland, James. The Cambridge
Companion to Ibsen. New York: Cambridge
Unviersity Press, 1994.
CRITICAL SOURCES
There are books in the Reference collection that do not circulate, but pages may be photocopied. These resources provide and overview or summary of the topic.
The following titles are appropriate to this topic:
PN 6112.5.S45 The Crown Guide to the World’s Great Plays
PN 451.E53 2003 Encyclopedia of 19th and 20th Century
World Writers
PERIODICALS, JOURNALS, & TRADE PUBLICATIONS
Click the link for a list of full text journals
available through our databases in:
WEB SITES
Voice of the Shuttle
http://vos.ucsb.edu
Authored by Alan Liu from the University of California, this is an excellent and very comprehensive literature site with links to thousands of web sites in all areas of the humanities. Easily accessed and easy to navigate. The homepage links to menus from 25 areas, from anthropology to women's studies.
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02/08/2007
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