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# 4.6/5 star rating from 370 reviews Classic Ibsen drama collection 4 iconic plays in one volume OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Four Major Plays

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> 🎭 Own the drama that shaped modern theater—don’t just watch culture, live it!

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## Key Features

- • **Deep Ethical Exploration:** Delve into themes of personal accountability, societal taboos, and psychological realism that resonate today.
- • **Highly Rated & Respected:** 4.6-star average from 370 readers, ranked top 100 in Drama & Plays on Amazon.
- • **Timeless Dramatic Masterpieces:** Includes 'Hedda Gabler', 'A Doll's House', 'Ghosts', and 'The Master Builder'—cornerstones of modern theater.
- • **Expertly Translated for Clarity:** Oxford's acclaimed translation by McFarlane & Arup makes Ibsen’s complex subtext accessible and immediate.
- • **Perfect for Professionals & Scholars:** Ideal for managers, educators, and cultural connoisseurs seeking intellectual enrichment and cultural capital.

## Overview

Oxford University Press’s Four Major Plays by Henrik Ibsen compiles four seminal works of modern drama, translated with precision to reveal the playwright’s intricate subtext and ethical dilemmas. This edition is a must-have for anyone serious about theater, literature, or cultural history, boasting a 4.6-star rating and top rankings in drama categories.

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Review: behind the scenes - After the forced closing of the London theaters by the Puritans in 1642, serious drama in Europe entered a long decline. Despite occasional bright spots--French Neoclassicism, the German Enlightenment--it wasn't until the Victorian Era that a new style of realistic drama emerged, ironically, in Scandinavia and Russia, far from the traditional centers of European high culture. Beginning in 1850 Henrik Ibsen wrote a series of iconoclastic plays that challenged society's taboos and exposed its hypocrisy, while creating larger-than-life characters faced with agonizing ethical dilemmas. Like Shakespeare, Ibsen perhaps is better appreciated on the page than on the stage. With Ibsen, subtext is everything. Taken at face value, his plots can seem absurdly melodramatic, his characters unconvincing, his dialogue trite. You have to learn to read between the lines. Actors often flounder amid Ibsen's characters' nuances, while directors are more interested in making a statement than interpreting the author faithfully. "Hedda Gabler," the longest and most complicated play in this edition, in particular requires repeated readings. Its truly frightful heroine is a latter-day Medea or Lady Macbeth, who resorts to suicide when her nefarious schemes come to naught. "A Doll's House" and "Ghosts" both expose family secrets and hidden passions, while "The Master Builder" is a semiautobiographical tale of an aging artist whose fear of being supplanted by the younger generation leads to a disastrous flirtation with a young admirer who resembles nothing so much as an older Pippi Longstocking. Ibsen's dialogue is akin to the sticomathia of Greek tragedy, bristling with truly Sophoclean irony. If his plots lack Shakespeare's blood and thunder, his characters' inner turmoil is just as real. Sometimes they make the right decision, more often the wrong one, but with Ibsen it all boils down to personal accountability and taking responsibility for ones actions--or inactions. He demands high standards from both his characters and audience. The Oxford Ibsen translation by James McFarlane and Jens Arup is clear and readable. In "Hedda Gabler" they change the obtuse husband's catchphrase, usually translated as "Fancy that!" to "Just think of it!" This edition makes Ibsen as powerful and immediate as he was to his contemporaries.
Review: Muy digna edicion - Muy recomendable

## Features

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## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #69,719 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #68 in History & Criticism of Drama & Plays #157 in Regional & Cultural Dramas & Plays #2,232 in Education & Reference Material for Young Adults |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 370 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ behind the scenes
*by H***E on 16 July 2019*

After the forced closing of the London theaters by the Puritans in 1642, serious drama in Europe entered a long decline. Despite occasional bright spots--French Neoclassicism, the German Enlightenment--it wasn't until the Victorian Era that a new style of realistic drama emerged, ironically, in Scandinavia and Russia, far from the traditional centers of European high culture. Beginning in 1850 Henrik Ibsen wrote a series of iconoclastic plays that challenged society's taboos and exposed its hypocrisy, while creating larger-than-life characters faced with agonizing ethical dilemmas. Like Shakespeare, Ibsen perhaps is better appreciated on the page than on the stage. With Ibsen, subtext is everything. Taken at face value, his plots can seem absurdly melodramatic, his characters unconvincing, his dialogue trite. You have to learn to read between the lines. Actors often flounder amid Ibsen's characters' nuances, while directors are more interested in making a statement than interpreting the author faithfully. "Hedda Gabler," the longest and most complicated play in this edition, in particular requires repeated readings. Its truly frightful heroine is a latter-day Medea or Lady Macbeth, who resorts to suicide when her nefarious schemes come to naught. "A Doll's House" and "Ghosts" both expose family secrets and hidden passions, while "The Master Builder" is a semiautobiographical tale of an aging artist whose fear of being supplanted by the younger generation leads to a disastrous flirtation with a young admirer who resembles nothing so much as an older Pippi Longstocking. Ibsen's dialogue is akin to the sticomathia of Greek tragedy, bristling with truly Sophoclean irony. If his plots lack Shakespeare's blood and thunder, his characters' inner turmoil is just as real. Sometimes they make the right decision, more often the wrong one, but with Ibsen it all boils down to personal accountability and taking responsibility for ones actions--or inactions. He demands high standards from both his characters and audience. The Oxford Ibsen translation by James McFarlane and Jens Arup is clear and readable. In "Hedda Gabler" they change the obtuse husband's catchphrase, usually translated as "Fancy that!" to "Just think of it!" This edition makes Ibsen as powerful and immediate as he was to his contemporaries.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Muy digna edicion
*by A***Z on 18 May 2021*

Muy recomendable

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Buy this to restore moulded fibreglass chairs
*by W***S on 2 May 2019*

Perfect for restoring midcentury modern (MCM) moulded fibreglass chairs. Covered all the scratches and gave it a nice sheen and a protective coating that should keep them in shape for another 50 years!

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