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This book will be useful to students of Ibsen and therefore belongs in the reference collections of all but the smallest public and academic libraries. . . . In all respects admirable. Reference Books Bulletin.

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After a good introductory essay dealing with the characteristics of Ibsen's plays, there follows a detailed chronology of Ibsen's life. The main body of the book includes character identification, information about the important people in Ibsen's life and career, and accounts of the most famous theater people, actors, and actresses associated with specific roles in the plays. In addition, a detailed stage history, a plot synopsis, and a structural analysis are presented for each play. The entries are remarkably well done and as complete as necesssary for an intensive introduction to Ibsen. The appendix includes a list of the early translators of the plays. A selected bibliography is included but additional reference notes are added to entries throughout the book. This excellent work is highly recommended as a reference tool for undergraduates, graduate students, and Ibsen scholars in general. -Choice An extensive scholarly reference guide to the life, work and critical reception of Ibsen's unique contribution to drama. -Backstage This book will be useful to students of Ibsen and therefore belongs in the reference collections of all but the smallest public and academic libraries. It consists mainly of articles (alphabetically arranged) on plays, on characters, and on persons and organizations associated with Ibsen's life and career and with the subsequent history of Ibsen production, criticism, etc. Many articles include bibliographic references. Articles on particular plays will be useful to readers at a variety of levels; they include detailed synopses, brief structural analyses, and stage histories. The body of the work is preceded by an illuminating essay on Ibsen the dramatist and by a general chronology and is followed by a good Selected Bibliography, by an Appendix listing early translators of Ibsen, and by an Index. In all respects admirable. -Reference Books Bulletin ?This book will be useful to students of Ibsen and therefore belongs in the reference collections of all but the smallest public and academic libraries. It consists mainly of articles (alphabetically arranged) on plays, on characters, and on persons and organizations associated with Ibsen's life and career and with the subsequent history of Ibsen production, criticism, etc. Many articles include bibliographic references. Articles on particular plays will be useful to readers at a variety of levels; they include detailed synopses, brief structural analyses, and stage histories. The body of the work is preceded by an illuminating essay on Ibsen the dramatist and by a general chronology and is followed by a good Selected Bibliography, by an Appendix listing early translators of Ibsen, and by an Index. In all respects admirable.?-Reference Books Bulletin ?An extensive scholarly reference guide to the life, work and critical reception of Ibsen's unique contribution to drama.?-Backstage ?After a good introductory essay dealing with the characteristics of Ibsen's plays, there follows a detailed chronology of Ibsen's life. The main body of the book includes character identification, information about the important people in Ibsen's life and career, and accounts of the most famous theater people, actors, and actresses associated with specific roles in the plays. In addition, a detailed stage history, a plot synopsis, and a structural analysis are presented for each play. The entries are remarkably well done and as complete as necesssary for an intensive introduction to Ibsen. The appendix includes a list of the early translators of the plays. A selected bibliography is included but additional reference notes are added to entries throughout the book. This excellent work is highly recommended as a reference tool for undergraduates, graduate students, and Ibsen scholars in general.?-Choice

?After a good introductory essay dealing with the characteristics of Ibsen's plays, there follows a detailed chronology of Ibsen's life. The main body of the book includes character identification, information about the important people in Ibsen's life and career, and accounts of the most famous theater people, actors, and actresses associated with specific roles in the plays. In addition, a detailed stage history, a plot synopsis, and a structural analysis are presented for each play. The entries are remarkably well done and as complete as necesssary for an intensive introduction to Ibsen. The appendix includes a list of the early translators of the plays. A selected bibliography is included but additional reference notes are added to entries throughout the book. This excellent work is highly recommended as a reference tool for undergraduates, graduate students, and Ibsen scholars in general.?-Choice

?After a good introductory essay dealing with the characteristics of Ibsen's plays, there follows a detailed chronology of Ibsen's life. The main body of the book includes character identification, information about the important people in Ibsen's life and career, and accounts of the most famous theater people, actors, and actresses associated with specific roles in the plays. In addition, a detailed stage history, a plot synopsis, and a structural analysis are presented for each play. The entries are remarkably well done and as complete as necesssary for an intensive introduction to Ibsen. The appendix includes a list of the early translators of the plays. A selected bibliography is included but additional reference notes are added to entries throughout the book. This excellent work is highly recommended as a reference tool for undergraduates, graduate students, and Ibsen scholars in general.?-Choice ?An extensive scholarly reference guide to the life, work and critical reception of Ibsen's unique contribution to drama.?-Backstage ?This book will be useful to students of Ibsen and therefore belongs in the reference collections of all but the smallest public and academic libraries. It consists mainly of articles (alphabetically arranged) on plays, on characters, and on persons and organizations associated with Ibsen's life and career and with the subsequent history of Ibsen production, criticism, etc. Many articles include bibliographic references. Articles on particular plays will be useful to readers at a variety of levels; they include detailed synopses, brief structural analyses, and stage histories. The body of the work is preceded by an illuminating essay on Ibsen the dramatist and by a general chronology and is followed by a good Selected Bibliography, by an Appendix listing early translators of Ibsen, and by an Index. In all respects admirable.?-Reference Books Bulletin An extensive scholarly reference guide to the life, work and critical reception of Ibsen's unique contribution to drama. -Backstage This book will be useful to students of Ibsen and therefore belongs in the reference collections of all but the smallest public and academic libraries. It consists mainly of articles (alphabetically arranged) on plays, on characters, and on persons and organizations associated with Ibsen's life and career and with the subsequent history of Ibsen production, criticism, etc. Many articles include bibliographic references. Articles on particular plays will be useful to readers at a variety of levels; they include detailed synopses, brief structural analyses, and stage histories. The body of the work is preceded by an illuminating essay on Ibsen the dramatist and by a general chronology and is followed by a good Selected Bibliography, by an Appendix listing early translators of Ibsen, and by an Index. In all respects admirable. -Reference Books Bulletin After a good introductory essay dealing with the characteristics of Ibsen's plays, there follows a detailed chronology of Ibsen's life. The main body of the book includes character identification, information about the important people in Ibsen's life and career, and accounts of the most famous theater people, actors, and actresses associated with specific roles in the plays. In addition, a detailed stage history, a plot synopsis, and a structural analysis are presented for each play. The entries are remarkably well done and as complete as necesssary for an intensive introduction to Ibsen. The appendix includes a list of the early translators of the plays. A selected bibliography is included but additional reference notes are added to entries throughout the book. This excellent work is highly recommended as a reference tool for undergraduates, graduate students, and Ibsen scholars in general. -Choice

After a good introductory essay dealing with the characteristics of Ibsen's plays, there follows a detailed chronology of Ibsen's life. The main body of the book includes character identification, information about the important people in Ibsen's life and career, and accounts of the most famous theater people, actors, and actresses associated with specific roles in the plays. In addition, a detailed stage history, a plot synopsis, and a structural analysis are presented for each play. The entries are remarkably well done and as complete as necesssary for an intensive introduction to Ibsen. The appendix includes a list of the early translators of the plays. A selected bibliography is included but additional reference notes are added to entries throughout the book. This excellent work is highly recommended as a reference tool for undergraduates, graduate students, and Ibsen scholars in general. -Choice An extensive scholarly reference guide to the life, work and critical reception of Ibsen's unique contribution to drama. -Backstage This book will be useful to students of Ibsen and therefore belongs in the reference collections of all but the smallest public and academic libraries. It consists mainly of articles (alphabetically arranged) on plays, on characters, and on persons and organizations associated with Ibsen's life and career and with the subsequent history of Ibsen production, criticism, etc. Many articles include bibliographic references. Articles on particular plays will be useful to readers at a variety of levels; they include detailed synopses, brief structural analyses, and stage histories. The body of the work is preceded by an illuminating essay on Ibsen the dramatist and by a general chronology and is followed by a good Selected Bibliography, by an Appendix listing early translators of Ibsen, and by an Index. In all respects admirable. -Reference Books Bulletin ?An extensive scholarly reference guide to the life, work and critical reception of Ibsen's unique contribution to drama.?-Backstage ?This book will be useful to students of Ibsen and therefore belongs in the reference collections of all but the smallest public and academic libraries. It consists mainly of articles (alphabetically arranged) on plays, on characters, and on persons and organizations associated with Ibsen's life and career and with the subsequent history of Ibsen production, criticism, etc. Many articles include bibliographic references. Articles on particular plays will be useful to readers at a variety of levels; they include detailed synopses, brief structural analyses, and stage histories. The body of the work is preceded by an illuminating essay on Ibsen the dramatist and by a general chronology and is followed by a good Selected Bibliography, by an Appendix listing early translators of Ibsen, and by an Index. In all respects admirable.?-Reference Books Bulletin ?After a good introductory essay dealing with the characteristics of Ibsen's plays, there follows a detailed chronology of Ibsen's life. The main body of the book includes character identification, information about the important people in Ibsen's life and career, and accounts of the most famous theater people, actors, and actresses associated with specific roles in the plays. In addition, a detailed stage history, a plot synopsis, and a structural analysis are presented for each play. The entries are remarkably well done and as complete as necesssary for an intensive introduction to Ibsen. The appendix includes a list of the early translators of the plays. A selected bibliography is included but additional reference notes are added to entries throughout the book. This excellent work is highly recommended as a reference tool for undergraduates, graduate students, and Ibsen scholars in general.?-Choice

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