Speeches And New 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. 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...

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.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.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. 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.

A collection of public speeches & letters of Ibsen, plus an extremely comprehensive chronological, annotated bibliography. Valuable for the light it sheds on Ibsen's relations with other literary figures for the insight it provides into his character.

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. 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. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. 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.

Excerpt from Speeches and New Letters I also wish to express my gratitude to Dr. Sigurd Ibsen for his kind permission to have the translations made. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.