Peer Gynt (Oberon Classics)

by HenrikIbsen (Author), Colin Teevan (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2007

  $19.01

  Written in the Dano-Norwegian language, it is the most widely performed Norwegian play. Ibsen's play Peer Gynt is loosely based on the fairy tale Per Gynt. It was interpreted in its day as a satire on the Norwegian personality. This is a new version of the play from celebrated playwright Colin Teevan.

• Used

  Paperback
  1990

  $3.31

• New

  Paperback
  2009

  $12.42

  Peer Gynt was Ibsen's last work to use poetry as a medium of dramatic expression, and the poetry is brilliantly appropriate to the imaginative swings between Scandinavian oral folk traditions, the Morrocan coast, the Sahara Desert, and the absurdist images of the Cairo madhouse. This translation is taken from the acclaimed Oxford Ibsen. John McFarlane is Emeritus Professor of European Literature at the University of East Anglia, and General Editor of the Oxford Ibsen. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.