Henrik Ibsen and the birth of modernism : art, theater, philosophy / Toril Moi

Includes bibliographical references (pages [367]-382) and index

Contents List of Illustrations xiii A Note on the Text xiv An Ibsen Chronology xv Introduction 1 PART I: IBSEN'S PLACE IN HISTORY 1. Ibsen and the Ideology of Modernism 15 2. Postcolonial Norway? Ibsen's Cultural Resources 37 3. Rethinking Literary History: Idealism, Realism, and the Birth of Modernism 67 4. Ibsen's Visual World: Spectacles, Painting, Theater 105 PART II: IBSEN'S MODERN BREAKTHROUGH 5. The Idealist Straitjacket: Ibsen's Early Aesthetics 145 6. Becoming Modern: Modernity and Theater in Emperor and Galilean 188 PART III: IBSEN'S MODERNISM: LOVE IN AN AGE OF SKEPTICISM 7. ``First and Foremost a Human Being'': Idealism, Theater, and Gender in A Doll's House 223 8. Losing Touch with the Everyday: Love and Language in The Wild Duck 248 9. Losing Faith in Language: Fantasies of Perfect Communication in Rosmersholm 269 10. The Art of Transformation: Art, Marriage, and Freedom in The Lady from the Sea 294 Epilogue: Idealism and the ``Bad'' Everyday 316 Appendix 1: Synopsis of Emperor and Galilean 325 Appendix 2: Translating Ibsen 328 Notes 334 Bibliography 367 Index 000