Description |
313 pages ; 22 cm |
Contents |
Where he came from -- Childhood years and bitterness -- Six years in Grimstad -- Student days in Kristiania -- Formative years in Bergen -- Early struggles in Kristiania -- Towards defeat -- Towards inner clarity -- Successful years in Italy -- Over to farce -- The long maturing spell -- Increasing praise -- The great scandal -- An intermediate play and new maturing -- Visit to Norway and renewed exile -- Women, women, women -- Home to Norway -- Towards evening -- Chronology |
Summary |
Heiberg describes in this book Ibsen's difficult childhood and youth, his many years desperate struggle against economic difficulties, his fight with new dramatic material and his gradual recognition all over the world -- from jacket |
Notes |
Includes index |
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Translation of Født til kunstner |
Subject |
Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906.
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Dramatists, Norwegian -- 19th century -- Biography.
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Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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LC no. |
71124089 |
ISBN |
0870241567 |
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9780870241567 |
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