Geographies of superstition, myths, freedom: Ibsen and Northern Norway
Ibsen visited Northern Norway only once in his lifetime and this was in the summer of 1891. Despite this fact, Ibsen was preoccupied with the North both as symbolic and geographical locations throughout his whole literary career. Why? This article will explore how the North is represented in Ibsen’s...
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ftunitroemsoe:oai:ojs.henry.ub.uit.no:article/3366 2023-05-15T17:43:10+02:00 Geographies of superstition, myths, freedom: Ibsen and Northern Norway Torrissen, Wenche 2015-02-23 application/pdf https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/3366 https://doi.org/10.7557/13.3366 nor nor Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/3366/3238 https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/3366 doi:10.7557/13.3366 Copyright (c) 2015 Wenche Torrissen http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC-BY Nordlit; No 34 (2015): Ibsen and World Drama[s]; 199–212 Nordlit; Nr 34 (2015): Ibsen and World Drama[s]; 199–212 1503-2086 0809-1668 Ibsen and Northern Norway superstition magic myths freedom emancipation nature Christianity paganism Vikings info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed article Fagfellevurdert artikkel 2015 ftunitroemsoe https://doi.org/10.7557/13.3366 2021-08-16T15:49:59Z Ibsen visited Northern Norway only once in his lifetime and this was in the summer of 1891. Despite this fact, Ibsen was preoccupied with the North both as symbolic and geographical locations throughout his whole literary career. Why? This article will explore how the North is represented in Ibsen’s prose plays. It will assess whether Ibsen contributed to confirm already existing images of the North or whether he contributed to the construction of new images. The article will also explore how Ibsen used images of the North to construct meaning for contemporary audiences. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Norway University of Tromsø: Septentrio Academic Publishing Norway Nordlit 34 199 |
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Ibsen visited Northern Norway only once in his lifetime and this was in the summer of 1891. Despite this fact, Ibsen was preoccupied with the North both as symbolic and geographical locations throughout his whole literary career. Why? This article will explore how the North is represented in Ibsen’s prose plays. It will assess whether Ibsen contributed to confirm already existing images of the North or whether he contributed to the construction of new images. The article will also explore how Ibsen used images of the North to construct meaning for contemporary audiences. |
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