The Wild Duck (Thrift Editions) - Softcover

Ibsen, Henrik

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486411168 ISBN 13: 9780486411163

Publisher: Dover Publications Inc, 2000

Synopsis

The idealistic son of a corrupt merchant exposes his father's duplicity, but in the process destroys the very people he wishes to save. Gregers Werle forces his friends, the Ekdals, to confront the truth about their lives ― but the truth only serves to wound them further.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Extensive materials for the study of the backgrounds and sources of the play are included. Among these transcripts sources of the play are included. Among these are transcripts of Ibsen's notes and jottings and early drafts, selections from Ibsen's letters as he worked toward the final version, and materials suggesting biographical sources. The critical essays and opinions give the student a wide variety of points of view from which to come to his own judgments of this important play.

About the Author:

Only Shakespeare's plays are performed more frequently than those of Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906). The Norwegian playwright, theater director, and poet scandalized many of his contemporaries as he led the theater into the modern era by exploring the realities behind 19th-century social conventions.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0486411168
• ISBN 13: 9780486411163
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96