This is the first comprehensive study of the women in Ibsen's plays and their relationship to the women in the life and career of the playwright. Through close critical readings of the Ibsen texts, as well as the examination of such primary sources as letters and personal papers, Joan Templeton discovers how the important figures in his life (his family, wife, and the actresses themselves) influenced and informed the powerful and inspiring characters he created. Templeton also explores the importance of the early plays and their impact on the later works, and establishes some general patterns in Ibsen's general representation of women.
- ISBN13 9780521590396
- Publish Date 2 October 1997
- Publish Status Inactive
- Out of Print 12 December 2008
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Cambridge University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 408
- Language English