Ibsen
[ib-suh n; Norwegian ip-suh n]
- Hen·rik [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/, 1828–1906, Norwegian dramatist and poet.
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Contemporary Examples
(Please note that this Master Builder is not known to be related to the Ibsen play by the same name).
It's always been an ugly impulse; see Ibsen's Enemy of the People for starters.
Historical Examples
And do you spend all your time writing Ibsen criticisms of Ibsen plays?
The Story of a PlayW. D. Howells
That was what the man in Ibsen said, when he had lost his wits.
A Miscellany of MenG. K. Chesterton
He writes blank verse tragedies and discusses Ibsen with his landlady.
Old FogyJames Huneker
To Ibsen's free soul the morality of slaves was a nightmare.
The most severe critic of Ibsen and his art was Ibsen himself.
Ibsen
- Henrik (ˈhɛnrɪk). 1828–1906, Norwegian dramatist and poet. After his early verse plays Brand (1866) and Peer Gynt (1867), he began the series of social dramas in prose, including A Doll's House (1879), Ghosts (1881), and The Wild Duck (1886), which have had a profound influence on modern drama. His later plays, such as Hedda Gabler (1890) and The Master Builder (1892), are more symbolic
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