| A Doll's House Contributor(s): Sharp, R. Farquharson (Translator), Ibsen, Henrik (Author) |
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ISBN: 1986729893 ISBN-13: 9781986729895 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $5.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory - Political Science | Colonialism & Post-colonialism - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Physical Information: 0.22" H x 7" W x 10" (0.43 lbs) 104 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A Doll's House is a three-act play in prose by Henrik Ibsen. The play is significant for its critical attitude toward 19th-century marriage norms. It aroused great controversy at the time, as it concludes with the protagonist, Nora, leaving her husband and children because she wants to discover herself. Ibsen was inspired by the belief that "a woman cannot be herself in modern society," since it is "an exclusively male society, with laws made by men and with prosecutors and judges who assess feminine conduct from a masculine standpoint." Its ideas can also be seen as having a wider application: Michael Meyer argued that the play's theme is not women's rights, but rather "the need of every individual to find out the kind of person he or she really is and to strive to become that person." |