Losing Time (The Vikings at Helgeland)

Chapter 1 tracks Ibsen’s interest in philosophy, especially in thinkers such as Lessing and Herder. It shows how the Vikings at Helgeland draws on, but also further develops, the interplay between history and a modern mindset that had motivated mid-eighteenth-century philosophers of drama.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gjesdal, Kristin
Format: Book Part
Language:unknown
Published: Oxford University Press 2021
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190070762.003.0002
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Summary:Chapter 1 tracks Ibsen’s interest in philosophy, especially in thinkers such as Lessing and Herder. It shows how the Vikings at Helgeland draws on, but also further develops, the interplay between history and a modern mindset that had motivated mid-eighteenth-century philosophers of drama.