{"product_id":"ibsen-s-drama","title":"Ibsen’s Drama","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIbsen's Drama \u003c\/i\u003ewas first published in 1979. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A dramatist for all seasons\" Einar Haugen calls Henrik Ibsen in this series of lectures given in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Norwegian playwright's birth. Using a modified version of the communications model developed by linguist Roman Jakobson, Haugen provides a readable, succinct analysis of Ibsen's thinking and dramaturgy. He examines the ways in which Ibsen the author communicated with his nineteenth-century audience and is able, still, to move and inform playgoers today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHaugen brings to this work a lifetime of familiarity with Ibsen in Norwegian and in translation, and he draws upon his own experience as a theatergoer and as an observer of student and audience reaction to the plays. \u003ci\u003eIbsen's Drama \u003c\/i\u003ewill bring pleasure and a deeper understanding of the playwright to students and playgoers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEinar Haugen is Victor S. Thomas Professor of Scandinavian and Linguistics, emeritus, at Harvard University. He is author, editor, or translator of many books and articles in linguistics, literature, and immigrant history, notably \u003ci\u003eThe Norwegian Language in America \u003c\/i\u003e (1953), \u003ci\u003eThe Scandinavian Languages \u003c\/i\u003e(1976), and \u003ci\u003eLand of the Free \u003c\/i\u003e(1978).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Einar Haugen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53616397222268,"sku":"9780816608966","price":39.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780816608966_16d44463-f9a7-4c82-a444-3e35f606249d.jpg?v=1726477615","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/ibsen-s-drama","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}