The Quintessence of Ibsenism (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Drama History & Criticism
| Author: | George Bernard Shaw | ISBN: | 9781411451650 |
| Publisher: | Barnes & Noble | Publication: | April 26, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Barnes & Noble | Language: | English |
| Author: | George Bernard Shaw |
| ISBN: | 9781411451650 |
| Publisher: | Barnes & Noble |
| Publication: | April 26, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Barnes & Noble |
| Language: | English |
In this 1891 essay, Shaw champions the works of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, praising his social realism and his characters’ struggles against a hypocritical society. Shaw then pushes farther, dividing humankind into three categories—of which, he declares, “Out of a thousand persons, there are 700 Philistines, 299 idealists, and only one lone realist.”
In this 1891 essay, Shaw champions the works of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, praising his social realism and his characters’ struggles against a hypocritical society. Shaw then pushes farther, dividing humankind into three categories—of which, he declares, “Out of a thousand persons, there are 700 Philistines, 299 idealists, and only one lone realist.”
