Ibsen ascended to the first ranks of European writers in
the late nineteenth century and has remained there ever since.
The Norton Critical Edition includes five major plays spanning
Ibsen’s long career in recent translations by Brian
Johnston (Peer Gynt, The Wild Duck, and The Master
Builder) and Brian Johnston and Rick Davis (A Doll
House and Hedda Gabler). The translation of
Peer Gynt appears for the first time in this Norton
Critical Edition.
“Backgrounds”
gives students an understanding of Ibsen’s creative
process with selections from his correspondence and other
writings. Twenty-seven documents have been collected and arranged
by play, with a section of autobiographical writings at the
end.
Ibsen’s plays continue to provoke diverse commentary.
“Criticism”
includes nineteen of the most important responses to Ibsen’s
work, among them essays by Bernard Shaw, Sandra Saari, E.
M. Forster, Hugh Kenner, and Joan Templeton.
A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included.
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