Ibsen and Degeneration Familial Decay and the Fall of Civilization
Henrik Ibsen's plays were written at a critical juncture in late nineteenth-century European culture. By reading these three plays from a fresh perspective, Ibsen and Degeneration sheds new light on some of Ibsen's most enduring contributions to world drama.
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Taylor & Francis Group
2024.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Routledge Studies in Nineteenth Century Literature Series
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009837638906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Morel and the rise of degeneration discourse
- Marriage, family, and incest
- Disease, diathesis, and syphilis
- Energetic economy and the “fixed fund of energy” theory
- What does Ibsen do with degeneration discourse?
- A note on the form and scope of the book
- 1 The Rot of the Bourgeois Body: Ghosts (1881)
- Ibsen’s commentary on Ghosts
- The raising of bourgeois children
- Class, health, and sex
- Bourgeois patriarchy and Helene’s independence
- Alving’s decline and fall
- Osvald’s energetic inheritance
- Regine and regeneration
- 2 The Fall of the Old Order: Rosmersholm (1886)
- Hvide heste and its relationship to Rosmersholm
- Rosmer, Kroll, and the fall of the old order
- Marriage as the scene of threats to the social fabric
- Strength and weakness of will
- Brendel and the forces of entropy
- The useless deaths of Rosmer and Rebekka
- 3 Dominance and Deviance: Hedda Gabler (1890)
