| Action and Consequence in Ibsen, Chekhov and Strindberg Contributor(s): Brietzke, Zander (Author) |
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ISBN: 1476672237 ISBN-13: 9781476672236 Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc. OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Modern - 19th Century - Literary Criticism | Modern - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 809.203 |
| LCCN: 2017033380 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.8" W x 8.8" (0.62 lbs) 212 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Henrik Ibsen, Anton Chekhov and August Strindberg--innovators of modern drama--created characters whose reckless pursuits of irrational objectives blind them to better options. Ibsen's protagonists in A Doll's House, Hedda Gabler and The Master Builder try to bend the world to conform to their personal visions--with disastrous results. Chekhov's characters refuse to do anything, instead dramatizing their lives as if they were actors in a play (which they are). Rehearsing the intractable squabbles between men and women in The Dance of Death and The Ghost Sonata, Strindberg suggests that only in life beyond death can humanity transcend the brutality of existence. Together, the lives of these characters offer a study of the individual's struggle with modernity. |