Letters Of Henrik Ibsen

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ... INTRODUCTION On the 31st of May 1880, Henrik Ibsen wrote to his publisher, Frederik Hegel, that he had begun a little book in which he intended to give some account of the outward and inward conditions under which each one of his works had come into being (Letter 147). It was to be called From Skien to Rome, and was to give descriptions of his life at Skien and Grimstad, Bergen and Christiania, Dresden, Munich, and Rome. As Hegel offered various objections to this project, Ibsen declared himself quite willing to relinquish it for the time being (Letter 149). But he did not give up the idea altogether. In the spring of 1881, in Rome, he said to his friend Professor L Dietrichson, as the latter has recorded in his Memoirs (Svundne Tider, i. 363, 364): "People believe that I have changed my views in the course of time. This is a great mistake. My development has, as a matter of fact, been absolutely consistent. I myself can distinctly follow and indicate the thread of its whole course--the unity of my ideas and their gradual development; and I am writing some memoranda which will prove to the world how exactly the same I am now as when I first found myself." Towards the close of this same year he wrote to another Norwegian friend, Professor 0. Skavlan, that he had for some time past been busying himself at intervals with writing a record of his experiences, in the form of a work conceived in the half-sportive, half-serious style of the Preface to CatUiTia. He suggested publishing passages from this in Skavlan's periodical (Letter 155). Up to the present time, however, no such memoranda have been given to the public, with the exception of some reminiscences of childhood to be found in Henrik Jaeger's book on Ibsen (pp. 6-16). The id

Experience the life and groundbreaking work of famed playwright Henrik Ibsen through his correspondence with friends and colleagues. Edited and translated by John Nilsen Laurvik, this fascinating collection offers a personal glimpse into the mind and creative process of one of the most influential figures in modern drama. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ... A Chronological Bibliography Of Ibsen And The Interest Manifested In Him In The English-speaking Countries, As Shown By TRANSLATIONS, Performances, And CommenTaries. With An Alphabetical Index Prefatory Note In this outline an effort is made to record as fully as possible all the English and American translations and performances of Ibsen's dramas and the commentaries on his life and works. As the material would otherwise be too overwhelming, shorter magazine articles on Ibsen are not considered, and for a similar reason none of the lectures on his works are included. Attention is called to the alphabetical index at the end, in which may be found any desired item. A. K. CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY IT is a curious fact that not until twenty-two years after the publication of Ibsen's first drama (" Catilina," 1850), and several years after the publication of some of his greatest and most important works ("Brand," 1866, "Peer Gynt," 1867), did there appear in the English language a sketch of the poet and his writings. To the eminent English literary critic, Edmund Gosse, belongs the honor of having first introduced Ibsen to the English-speaking public. In the number of the Spectator for March 16th, 1872, * there is a review of the small volume of his poems which was published in Copenhagen in 1871; it is not signed, but is written by Mr. Gosse. This review fills the space of about one and one half columns of the magazine; it gives a short outline of Norwegian literature previous to Ibsen, mentioning the names of Wergeland, Welhaven, and A. Munch, and also a few biographical data about Ibsen, calling attention to some of his works, as "The Feast at Solhaug " and " The Pretenders," but strangely enough not to " Brand " and " Peer Gynt." The...