Peer Gynt and Brand
$37.57
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
14 August 2016
Summary
Ibsen’s Masterpieces: Peer Gynt and Brand - Reimagined by Geoffrey Hill
These two masterly and contrasting verse dramas by Ibsen made his reputation as a playwright. The fantastical adventures of the irrepressible Peer Gynt - poet, idler, procrastinator, seducer - draw on Norwegian folklore to conjure up mountains, kidnappings, shipwrecks and trolls in an exuberant celebration of life; while Brand, an unsparing vision of an idealistic priest who lives by his steely faith, explores f…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141197586 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141197587 |
| Author: | Henrik Ibsen, Geoffrey Hill |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 14 August 2016 |
| Weight: | 291g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 130mm x 23mm |
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About The Author
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) is often called ‘the Father of Modern Drama’. Born in Norway, he left his homeland in 1864 for a 21-year long voluntary exile in Italy and Germany. After successes with the verse dramas Brand and Peer Gynt, he turned to prose, writing his great 12-play cycle of society dramas between 1877 and 1899. This included A Doll’s House, Ghosts, Hedda Gabler, The Master Builder, and, finally, When We Dead Awaken.
Geoffrey Hill (1932-2016) was Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford from 2010 to 2015. He published many volumes of poetry and critical writing, winning many awards, and his Broken Hierarchies- Collected Poems 1952-2012 appeared in 2013.
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