Ghosts

Author: Henrik Ibsen

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  • : $16.00 AUD
  • : 9780486298528
  • : Dover Publications Inc.
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  • : July 1997
  • : 208mm X 4mm
  • : United States
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Description

Powerful psychological drama (1881) exposes hypocrisy of social conventions and society's moral codes. Mrs. Helen Alving is haunted by her husband's infidelities and the disease he has passed to their son. Ultimately, she is forced to acknowledge the "ghosts" that have kept her from living "just for the joy of life."

Author description

Only Shakespeare's plays are performed more frequently than those of Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906). The Norwegian playwright, theater director, and poet scandalized many of his contemporaries as he led the theater into the modern era by exploring the realities behind 19th-century social conventions.