Ibsen

[ib-suh n; Norwegian ip-suh n]

noun

Hen·rik

[hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/, 1828–1906, Norwegian dramatist and poet.

Related formspost-Ib·sen, adjective

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Contemporary Examples of ibsen

(Please note that this Master Builder is not known to be related to the Ibsen play by the same name).
The Top 10 Diets of 2013 Are All Useless (Except to Book Publishers)
Kent Sepkowitz
December 29, 2013
It's always been an ugly impulse; see Ibsen's Enemy of the People for starters.
In Defense of the Defense of Chris Hayes
Michael Tomasky
May 29, 2012

Historical Examples of ibsen

And do you spend all your time writing Ibsen criticisms of Ibsen plays?
The Story of a Play
W. D. Howells
That was what the man in Ibsen said, when he had lost his wits.
A Miscellany of Men
G. K. Chesterton
He writes blank verse tragedies and discusses Ibsen with his landlady.
Old Fogy
James Huneker
To Ibsen's free soul the morality of slaves was a nightmare.
Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 4, June 1906
Various
The most severe critic of Ibsen and his art was Ibsen himself.
Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 4, June 1906
Various

British Dictionary definitions for ibsen

Ibsen

noun

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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