Woman in the Attic

Author: Salome,
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: She wants to spread her wings to fly over the road ahead to know whether her wings will break or fly. — Ibsen Ibsen's female protagonists undoubtedly reflect today's women. — Rief Ulmann Salome was a friend of Nietzsche, Hegel, and Freud, and one of the most controversial intellectual women of her time. She was already the only female critic even before Ibsen's play was staged. Reprinting her critical essays marks a major event in Ibsen studies and Victorian studies. — Women's Studies: A Core Biography Highly Recommended This book holds undeniable value for scholars and students researching Ibsen's feminist literary criticism, while also providing the only firsthand perspective of a truly female figure. She often clashed with the conventions of her time but remained full of confidence and vigor, pursuing the self-perfect goal of the fictional female protagonists in Ibsen's works with desperation. — Fred Muladon