Henrik Ibsen

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
PREFACE page......Page 18
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 19
INTRODUCTION......Page 20
NOTE ON THE TEXT......Page 59
EDMUND GOSSE on Ibsen's poetry, Spectator 1872......Page 60
EDMUND GOSSE on Peer Gynt, Spectator 1872......Page 64
EDMUND GOSSE on Ibsen's elaborate irony, Fortnightly Review 1873......Page 69
CATHERINE RAY on the conflict in Ibsen's work 1876......Page 70
Unsigned notice of Quicksands (The Pillars of Society), Theatre 1881......Page 74
RASMUS B.ANDERSON on Ibsen's genius, American 1882......Page 76
CLEMENS PETERSEN on Ibsen and BjOrnson, Scandinavia 1882......Page 77
HENRIETTA FRANCES LORD on A Doll's House 1882......Page 78
WILLIAM ARCHER on Mrs Lord's imperfections and An Enemy of the People, Academy 1883......Page 79
MRS LORD replies, Academy 1883......Page 82
T.A.SCHOVELIN on Kongsemnerne (The Pretenders), Scandinavia 1884......Page 83
WILLIAM ARCHER on Breaking a Butterfly (A Doll's House), Theatre 1884......Page 84
HAVELOCK ELLIS on the importance of Ibsen 1888......Page 92
EDMUND GOSSE on Ibsen's Social Dramas, Fortnightly Review 1889......Page 96
HENRY JAMES becomes interested 1889......Page 113
ARTHUR SYMONS on Ibsen's modernity, Universal Review 1889......Page 114
Unsigned notice by CLEMENT SCOTT, Daily Telegraph 1889......Page 120
Unsigned notice, Daily News 1889......Page 122
Unsigned comment, Licensed Victuallers' Mirror 1889......Page 124
Unsigned notice, Queen 1889......Page 125
FREDERIC WEDMORE, from a review, Academy 1889......Page 126
C. H.HERFORD: reply to Wedmore's review, Academy 1889......Page 128
Unsigned notice, Spectator 1889......Page 129
CLEMENT SCOTT on Ibsen's unlovely creed, Theatre 1889......Page 133
WILLIAM ARCHER on newspaper reaction to Ibsen 1889......Page 134
JANET ACHURCH on the difficulty of being Nora 1889......Page 142
Unsigned notice, Daily News 1889......Page 145
Unsigned notice by CLEMENT SCOTT, Daily Telegraph 1889......Page 146
Unsigned notice, Daily Chronicle 1889......Page 149
Unsigned notice, Lloyd's Weekly News 1889......Page 150
FREDERIC WEDMORE, from a notice, Academy 1889......Page 151
Unsigned notice, Queen 1889......Page 152
WILLIAM ARCHER on the absurdity of Mr. T.Weber 1890......Page 153
C. H.HERFORD on Rosmersholm and The Lady from the Sea, Academy 1890......Page 162
HJALMAR BOYESEN presents an American view of Ibsen 1890......Page 165
W.E.SIMONDS on Nora's selflessness, Dial 1890......Page 166
E.P.EVANS on Ibsen's cosmic emotion, Atlantic Monthly 1890......Page 167
MRS H.F.LORD on the phases of the soul in Ghosts 1890......Page 168
HENRY JAMES on Ibsen's provinciality 1890......Page 169
EDMUND GOSSE on Ibsen and American writers 1890......Page 170
Unsigned review of Emperor and Galilean, Saturday Review 1890......Page 173
An anonymous comment on the depravity of Ibsen, Edward Aveling and Ghosts, Saturday Review 1891......Page 176
Unsigned notice, Evening News and Post 1891......Page 177
Unsigned notice, Daily Chronicle 1891......Page 179
Editorial, Daily Chronicle 1891......Page 180
Unsigned notice, The Times 1891......Page 182
Unsigned notice, Daily News 1891......Page 184
Unsigned notice by CLEMENT SCOTT, Daily Telegraph 1891......Page 186
Unsigned comment, Saturday Review 1891......Page 188
Unsigned notice, Era 1891......Page 189
Pseudonymous notice by 'MOMUS', Gentlewoman 1891......Page 190
Unsigned notice, Black and White 1891......Page 191
Unsigned notice, Sunday Times 1891......Page 192
Unsigned notice, Licensed Victuallers' Mirror 1891......Page 196
JUSTIN MCCARTHY in Hawk 1891......Page 197
Unsigned notice, Truth 1891......Page 198
Unsigned notice, Queen 1891......Page 200
GEORGE MOORE sees Ghosts in Paris 1891......Page 201
Unsigned notice by CLEMENT SCOTT, Daily Telegraph 1891......Page 206
Editorial, Daily Telegraph 1891......Page 208
Unsigned notice, Daily News 1891......Page 212
Unsigned notice, Daily Chronicle 1891......Page 214
Unsigned notice, Evening News and Post 1891......Page 215
Anonymous satirical poem, Evening News and Post 1891......Page 219
Ibsen and real life: report of a murder trial, Evening Standard 1891......Page 220
Unsigned notice, Licensed Victuallers' Mirror 1891......Page 221
Unsigned notice, Hawk 1891......Page 223
'How We Found Gibsen', anonymous satirical story, Hawk 1891......Page 224
WILLIAM ARCHER: 'Ghosts and Gibberings', Pall Mall Gazette 1891......Page 228
Ibsen speaks out: an interview, Era 1891......Page 233
HENRY JAMES on Ibsen's grey mediocrity 1891......Page 235
Unsigned notice, The Times 1891......Page 237
Unsigned notice, Pall Mall Gazette 1891......Page 239
JUSTIN MCCARTHY in Black and White 1891......Page 240
Unsigned notice, Saturday Review 1891......Page 241
CLEMENT SCOTT, a notice in Illustrated London News 1891......Page 244
Unsigned notice, Sunday Times 1891......Page 248
Unsigned notice, Observer 1891......Page 249
Unsigned notice, People 1891......Page 251
HENRY ARTHUR JONES on the unfortunate depravity but enlivening influence of Ibsen, Era 1891......Page 252
HENRY JAMES: 'On the Occasion of Hedda Gabler', New Review 1891......Page 253
Unsigned notice, The Times 1891......Page 264
Unsigned notice, Standard 1891......Page 265
Unsigned notice by CLEMENT SCOTT, Daily Telegraph 1891......Page 266
Unsigned notice, Gentlewoman 1891......Page 267
Unsigned notice, Referee 1891......Page 268
JUSTIN MCCARTHY in Hawk 1891......Page 270
Unsigned comment, Hawk 1891......Page 271
Ibsen parodied by J.M.BARRIE: unsigned review of Ibsen's Ghost: Or, Toole Up to Date, Theatre 1891......Page 272
RICHARD A.ARMSTRONG on Brand, Westminster Review 1891......Page 274
Unsigned review, Saturday Review 1891......Page 275
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW on the quintessence of Ibsenism and its resemblance to Shavianism 1891......Page 278
HENRY JAMES on 'Ibsen's New Play', Pall Mall Gazette 1893......Page 285
Unsigned notice by CLEMENT SCOTT, Daily Telegraph 1893......Page 288
Unsigned notice, Evening News and Post 1893......Page 292
Unsigned notice, The Times 1893......Page 294
Unsigned notice, Standard 1893......Page 296
Unsigned notice, Pall Mall Gazette 1893......Page 297
Unsigned notice, Black and White 1893......Page 299
Pseudonymous notice by 'MOMUS', Gentlewoman 1893......Page 301
WILLIAM HARDINGE: a poem, Observer 1893......Page 302
The other Henrik Ibsen: report in Era 1893......Page 307
Unsigned review, Spectator 1893......Page 312
Unsigned notice, The Times 1893......Page 317
Unsigned notice by CLEMENT SCOTT, Daily Telegraph 1893......Page 318
Unsigned notice, Daily Chronicle 1893......Page 319
Pseudonymous notice by 'MOMUS', Gentlewoman 1893......Page 320
Unsigned notice, Theatre 1893......Page 322
WILLIAM ARCHER sums it up: 'The Mausoleum of Ibsen', Fortnightly Review 1893......Page 323
Mr. Gladstone as Solness, Saturday Review 1893......Page 331
HJALMAR BOYESEN on Ibsen's self-satire in The Wild Duck, Dial 1893......Page 333
Unsigned notice on Ghosts (New York and Boston 1894) New York Times 1894......Page 334
Ibsen consigned to hell in Boston, Critic 1894......Page 335
Unsigned notice by CLEMENT SCOTT, Daily Telegraph 1894......Page 336
Unsigned notice, Daily Chronicle 1894......Page 339
Unsigned notice, Truth 1894......Page 340
Unsigned notice, Era 1894......Page 341
Unsigned notice, Theatre 1894......Page 342
Unsigned review of Boyesen's A Commentary on the Works of Henrik Ibsen, Spectator 1894......Page 343
HERBERT WARING: an actor's view of Ibsen, Theatre 1894......Page 345
Ibsen on himself;1: interviewed by Mrs Alec B.Tweedie 1894......Page 350
Ibsen on himself;2: interviewed by Edgar O.Achorn, New England Magazine 1896......Page 351
Unsigned review, Saturday Review 1894......Page 353
J.T.GREIN: from a review, Sunday Times 1894......Page 357
Unsigned notice on Little Eyolf (Avenue 1896), Pall Mall Gazette 1896......Page 359
Unsigned notice, The Times 1896......Page 361
Unsigned notice, Evening Standard 1896......Page 362
Unsigned notice, Daily News 1896......Page 363
Unsigned notice by CLEMENT SCOTT, Daily Telegraph 1896......Page 364
Unsigned notice, Daily Chronicle 1896......Page 365
'Ibsen and his Interpreters', editorial, Era 1896......Page 366
J.T.GREIN: unsigned notice, Sunday Times 1896......Page 369
'The Hallucinations of Mr. Clement Scott', J.Warschauer, Saturday Review 1896......Page 374
HENRY JAMES on Ibsen's superiority to Shakespeare 1897......Page 375
Unsigned review, Saturday Review 1896......Page 378
HENRY JAMES: from a review, Harper's Weekly 1897......Page 382
Notice by 'H.W.M.' on John Gabriel Borkman (Strand 1897), Daily Chronicle 1897......Page 385
Unsigned notice by CLEMENT SCOTT, Daily Telegraph 1897......Page 387
Unsigned notice, Era 1897......Page 390
Unsigned notice, Lloyd's Weekly News 1897......Page 392
Unsigned notice, People 1897......Page 393
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW on A Doll's House, Saturday Review 1897......Page 394
Unsigned notice, Theatre 1897......Page 396
BERNARD SHAW watches Queen Victoria and the Archbishop of Canterbury watch Ghosts, Saturday Review 1897......Page 397
Hedda Gabler in New York, unsigned review, New York Times 1898......Page 402
JAMES JOYCE Fortnightly Review 1900......Page 404
Unsigned notice on When We Dead Awaken (Imperial 1903), Daily Telegraph 1903......Page 410
Unsigned notice, Daily Chronicle 1903......Page 412
Unsigned notice, The Times 1903......Page 413
Unsigned notice, Sunday Times 1903......Page 415
Unsigned notice, Lloyd's Weekly News 1903......Page 417
Unsigned notice, Referee 1903......Page 418
MAX BEERBOHM: 'Ibsen's ~Epilogue~, Saturday Review 1903......Page 420
Pseudonymous notice by 'MOMUS', Gentlewoman 1903......Page 422
Unsigned notice, Daily Telegraph 1903......Page 424
Unsigned notice, Daily Chronicle 1903......Page 427
Unsigned notice, The Times 1903......Page 428
Unsigned notice, Referee 1903......Page 431
MAXBEERBOHM in Saturday Review 1903......Page 434
W.ROTHENSTEIN on Max Beerbohm's obtuseness, Saturday Review 1903......Page 438
P.T.BARNUM and others cable Ibsen, Current Literature 1903......Page 439
WILLIAM ARCHER: 'Ibsen in His Letters', Fortnightly Review 1905......Page 440
Pseudonymous notice by 'MORDRED', Referee 1905......Page 448
Unsigned theatre comment, Referee 1905......Page 451
E.A.BAUGHAN, an initialled notice, Daily News 1905......Page 454
KEIR HARDIE on the istructiveness of Ibsen, report in Daily News 1905......Page 457
E.A.BAUGHAN: an initialled notice, Daily News 1906......Page 458
Unsigned notice, Black and White 1906......Page 460
Unsigned obituary, Academy 1906......Page 461
MAX BEERBOHM in Saturday Review 1906......Page 462
W.D.HOWELLS in North American Review 1906......Page 465
EDWIN E.SLOSSON: 'Ibsen as an Interpreter of American Life', Independent 1906......Page 470
JOSEPH P.DANNENBURG: 'Playing Ibsen in the Badlands', Theatre (American) 1906......Page 476
APPENDIX I......Page 483
APPENDIX II......Page 485
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 510
INDEX......Page 512