The Woman in the Attic: Salome on the Women in Ibsen's Works

Author: (German) Salome
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Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Features: She wants to spread her wings to fly over the road ahead to know if her wings will break or fly. — Ibsen Ibsen's female protagonists undoubtedly reflect today's women. — Rief Ulmann Salome was a confidante of Nietzsche, Hegel, and Freud, and one of the most controversial intellectual women of her time. As soon as Ibsen's play was staged, she became the only female critic. Reprinting her critical essays marks a major event in Ibsen studies and Victorian studies. — Women's Studies: A Core Biography Highly Recommended This book is of undeniable value to scholars and students researching Ibsen's feminist literary criticism, while also providing the only unique perspective of a truly female; despite frequent conflicts with the conventions of her time, she still moved forward with confidence and vigor, pursuing the self-perfect goal of the fictional female protagonists in Ibsen's works with desperation. — Fred Muladon This book is a collection of Ibsen's literary criticism on women as a playwright, most of which revolves around the portrayal of women in Ibsen's works. The female protagonists in his works are all constrained by social limitations, and he gives a brilliant exposition of the diverse women he portrays.