Shaws Ibsen - 9781349713165

Shaws IbsenA Re-Appraisal\nAuthor(s): Joan Templeton\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan, United Kingdom\nImprint: Palgrave Macmillan\nISBN-13: 9781349713165, 978-1349713165\nSynopsis\nThis book argues that Shaw was a masterful reader of Ibsen's plays both as texts and as the cornerstone of the modern theatre. Dismantling the notion that Shaw distorted Ibsen to promote his own view of the world, and establishing Shaws initial interest in Ibsen as the poet of Peer Gynt, it chronicles Shaws important role in the London Ibsen campaign and exposes the falsity of the tradition that Shaw branded Ibsen as a socialist. Further, this study showsthat Shaws famous but maligned The Quintessence of Ibsenism reflects Ibsens own anti-idealist notion of his work and argues that Shaws readings of Ibsens plays are pioneeringanalyses that anticipate later criticism. It offers new readings of Shaws Ibsenist plays as well asa comprehensive account of Ibsens importance for Shaws dramatic cri.