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Henrik Ibsen: A New Biography.(Review)
From: The Modern Language Review
Date: 20000101
Author:Rem, Tore
Henrik Ibsen: A New Biography. By ROBERT FERGUSON. London: Cohen. 1996. xiii + 466 pp. 25 [pounds sterling].
Ibsen's Women. By JOAN TEMPLETON. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1997. xxi + 386 pp. 45 [pounds sterling].
In contrast to Michael Meyer's Henrik Ibsen: A Biography (1967-71), Robert Ferguson focuses rather narrowly on Ibsen the man. In justifying the writing of a new biography, Ferguson refers to the fact that new material has emerged: a letter relating to Ibsen's illegitimate son Hans Jakob Henriksen and details about Ibsen's dire financial state at various ...
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