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Page 72
... Brandes perceives as champions of the lib- erty in thought and love which should be the guiding star of European civilisation . But he congratulates Ibsen , as much more recently John Northam has done , on placing the heroic figures in ...
... Brandes perceives as champions of the lib- erty in thought and love which should be the guiding star of European civilisation . But he congratulates Ibsen , as much more recently John Northam has done , on placing the heroic figures in ...
Page 95
... Brandes's ideas , he has reason not to make it obvious , because there is good evidence that the play satirizes notions very close to Brandes's heart whether or not Ibsen was directly influenced by Brandes's own expres- sion of them ...
... Brandes's ideas , he has reason not to make it obvious , because there is good evidence that the play satirizes notions very close to Brandes's heart whether or not Ibsen was directly influenced by Brandes's own expres- sion of them ...
Page 97
... Brandes is therefore likely to have recognized in Helene Alving an undoubted likeness to Mme . de Staël , about whom Brandes writes with perfervid admiration in The Emigrant Literature . One of the literary figures for whom de Staël was ...
... Brandes is therefore likely to have recognized in Helene Alving an undoubted likeness to Mme . de Staël , about whom Brandes writes with perfervid admiration in The Emigrant Literature . One of the literary figures for whom de Staël was ...
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Aline Aline's Allmers Alving Alving's ambivalence appears Archer Åse Åse's aspects Berta Sörby Borkman Boyg Brandes Brandes's Brovik castle characters Christian claims comedy comic context critics Dead Awaken Doll's House dramatic dream Emperor and Galilean Engstrand ethical father Georg Brandes Ghosts Gina Gina's Gregers Gregers's Guthke Haakon Werle Hedda Gabler Hedvig Helene Henrik Ibsen Herdal heroic Hilde's Hjalmar human humour imagination instance interpretation ironic irony John Gabriel Borkman judgement Kaja kind Little Eyolf Logeman Lysanger Manders marriage Master Builder metaphysical mock-heroic modern mother motif nature negative never Northam Norwegian Old Ekdal Oswald Peer Gynt Peer's perhaps play play's poet poetic poetry possible Ragnar reality reference Regine Relling Relling's ridiculous Rosmersholm Rubek scene seems seen sense social Solness and Hilde Solness's Solveig soul spiritual suggests tells theory tion tragedy tragic tragicomedy tragicomic Troll King truth ultimately vision Wangel Weigand Werle's Wild Duck woman