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Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften The Country of the Blind: A New Interpretation of the Plays of Henrik Ibsen: 33 (American University Studies: Series 26: Theatre Arts)

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The Country of the Blind challenges the reigning conception of Ibsen as social critic. It offers new and unique interpretations stressing his preoccupation with the limitations and failings of humankind that do not change, in particular one's reluctance or inability to confront unpleasant truths about one's self and the consequent attempts to conceal those truths from self and from others. The result, in the plays considered, is that his personae are not what they appear to be. We shall observe that Mrs. Alving is not an heroic figure who has sacrificed all for her beloved son; that the "virtuous" parson Manders may in fact be the father of Oswald; that neither Gregers Werle nor Dr. Thomas Stockmann are the idealists they profess to be; that Hedda Gabler and Halvard Solness are the very antitheses of the persons they imagine themselves. This gulf between illusion and actuality is evident even in the case of secondary agents, confirming the supposition that Ibsen believed self-deception inseparable from the human condition. The protagonists' stratagems necessarily interact, forbidding each knowledge of each and all knowledge of the meaning of external circumstance. They are, and they remain, ignorant of their own nature, and of the character of their closest associates, imprisoned by the maze they have jointly fashioned. The book should be of interest to the general reader, to companies interested in performing the plays analyzed, to Ibsen scholars, and as a text for courses in Ibsen. About the Author Burton Blistein received his degree in English literature from the University of Chicago; he has a background in both liberal arts and fine arts. Blistein has taught at numerous universities, among them the Layton School of Art (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Shimer College (Mount Carroll, Illinois); and St. John’s College (Annapolis, Maryland). His previous publications include The Design of The Waste Land and Image and Word, a catalogue for an exhibition at the Mitchell Gallery at St. John’s College. He is also a sculptor, and examples of his work can be found at www.burtonblistein.com.

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Brand: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1433142295
Category: Books > Subjects > Business, Finance & Law > Law
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 04 January 2018
Listed Since: 09 February 2017

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