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Exactly a year after the production of Lady Inger of Ostrat-that is to say on the Foundation Day of the Bergen Theatre, January 2, 1866-The Feast at Solhoug was produced. The poet himself… Plus…

Exactly a year after the production of Lady Inger of Ostrat-that is to say on the Foundation Day of the Bergen Theatre, January 2, 1866-The Feast at Solhoug was produced. The poet himself has written its history in full in the Preface to the second edition. The only comment that need be made upon his rejoinder to his critics has been made, with perfect fairness as it seems to me, by George Brandes in the following passage:** No one who is unacquainted with the Scandinavian languages can fully understand the charm that the style and melody of the old ballads exercise upon the Scandinavian mind. The beautiful ballads and songs of Des Knaben Wunderhorn have perhaps had a similar power over German minds; but, as far as I am aware, no German poet has has ever succeeded in inventing a metre suitable for dramatic purposes, which yet retained the mediaeval ballad's sonorous swing and rich aroma. The explanation of the powerful impression produced in its day by Henrik Hertz's Svend Dyring's House is to be found in the fact that in it, for the first time, the problem was solved of how to fashion a metre akin to that of the heroic ballads, a metre possessing as great mobility as the verse of the Niebelungenlied, along with a dramatic value not inferior to that of the pentameter. Digital Content>E-books>Fiction>Fiction>Fiction, tredition Digital >16<

ISBN: 9783847211501

The Feast at Solhaug is the first publicly successful drama by Henrik Ibsen. It was written in 1855. Part of the strength and charm of this play as well as Ibsen's other early poetic … Plus…

The Feast at Solhaug is the first publicly successful drama by Henrik Ibsen. It was written in 1855. Part of the strength and charm of this play as well as Ibsen's other early poetic works results from the style of the poetic form and the inherent melody of the old ballads for those who speak Scandinavian languages.The play opens on the day of the feast celebrating the third wedding anniversary of the marriage of Bengt Gauteson and Margit. Erik of Hogge, a friend of Knut Gesling, the King's sheriff, and Knut himself are seeking permission for Knut to marry Margit's sister, Signe. Knut, a warlike man, is advised that he must demonstrate peaceful ways for a year before Margit will support the marriage. They are invited to the feast, under pledge that they will be peaceful that night.They depart to look for Margit's kinsman, Gudmund Alfson, who they know to be outlawed and suspect to be nearby. Once they depart and her husband leaves, Margit speaks of her regret in marrying Bengt Gauteson, even though he was a wealthy older landowner. Her woe is captured by her phrase, "I myself am the Hill-King's[1] wife!" Digital Content>E-books>Fiction>Fiction>Fiction, tredition Digital >16<

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Henrik Johan Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as the father of realism and is one of the founders of Modernism in t… Plus…

Henrik Johan Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as the father of realism and is one of the founders of Modernism in theatre. His major works include Brand, Peer Gynt, An Enemy of the People,Emperor and Galilean, A Doll's House, Hedda Gabler, Ghosts, The Wild Duck, When We Dead Awaken, Pillars of Society, The Lady from the Sea, Rosmersholm, The Master Builder, and John Gabriel Borkman. He is the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare, and by the early 20th century A Doll's House became the world's most performed play. Digital Content>E-books>Fiction>Fiction>Fiction, tredition Digital >16<

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Ibsen's first publicly successful drama, its poetic style displays strength and charm Digital Content>E-books>Fiction>Fiction>Fiction, tredition Digital >16

ISBN: 9783847211501

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