Ibsen and the birth of modernism: a review essay.(Henrik Ibsen and the Birth of Modernism: Art, Theater, Philosophy)(Book review)

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* Toril Moi. Henrik Ibsen and the Birth of Modernism: Art, Theater, Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2006. Pg. i-xvi + 396. 25.00 [pounds sterling].

THIS INTENSELY SUBJECTIVE BOOK claims that Ibsen needs rescuing from neglect. Cultured people in "Anglophone academic circles," Moi tells us, do not read Ibsen, and in United States universities, "one or two" of Ibsen's plays are taught in courses in modern drama, but mostly as "hurdles to be got over as soon as possible" (1). But if Moi's acquaintances read Flaubert instead of Ibsen, this hardly establishes a norm. Nor is it ...

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