IBSEN'S THEATRE OF RITUALISTIC VISIONS by Olafsson Trausti ( 9783039111343 )

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Title:

IBSEN'S THEATRE OF RITUALISTIC VISIONS
AN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY OF TEN PLAYS

By:

Olafsson Trausti

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

3039111345

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9783039111343

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Publisher:

VERLAG PETER LANG

Pub. date:

27 February, 2008

Series:

Stage and Screen Studies 12

Pages:

314

Synopsis:

This book examines the ritualistic and mythological features derived from various religious traditions depicted in ten Ibsen plays. The worshipping of the Great Mother, the Mysteries of Eleusis, the Hebrew Passover Meal and Yom Kippur, alongside with the most sacred feasts of Christianity, are identi?ed in Ibsen's texts in a way not discovered before. The outcome is a fascinating voyage through a landscape of ritualistic visions. Throughout the book the author illustrates how the plays contribute to the revival of the sacred in modernist theatre. Each chapter of the book contains a synopsis of the play interpreted, followed by a detailed analysis, which focuses on religious concepts and mythological elements incorporated in Ibsen's texts.

Publication:

Switzerland

Imprint:

Verlag Peter Lang

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