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The importance of being Henrik
From: The Spectator
Date: 20061209
Author:Binding, Paul
HENRIK IBSEN AND THE BIRTH OF MODERNISM by Toril Moi OUP, £25, pp. 396, ISBN 0199295875 . £20 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655
The celebrations and theatreproductions for this centenary year of Ibsen's death certainly attest to the continuing vitality of his work.
At August's Ibsen conference in Oslo I heard delegates from China, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Latvia, Mexico speak both of the plays' intrinsic fascinations and of their relevance to specific contemporary societies. Likewise scholars and critics of many orientations showed what satisfying harvests, say, Ghosts or The Wild Duck ...
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