A Global Doll's House: Ibsen and Distant Visions

by Joanne Tompkins, Julie Holledge, Jonathan Bollen, et al.

Book Overview

This book addresses a deceptively simple question: what accounts for the global success of A Doll's House, Henrik Ibsen's most popular play? Using maps, networks, and images to explore the world history of the play's production, this question is considered from two angles: cultural transmission and adaptation. Analysing the play's transmission reveals the social, economic, and political forces that have secured its place in the canon of world...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349683787
• ISBN13: 9781349683789
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"