{"product_id":"ibsen-apocalypse-andrew-friedman-9798899480232","title":"Ibsen Apocalypse: Vegard Vinge and Ida Müller's Six-Hundred-Year Mission to Raise the Ghosts of Modernity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePresenting a groundbreaking account of an audacious theatrical undertaking\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCreated by the Norwegian\/German duo of Vegard Vinge and Ida Müller, the\u003ci\u003e Ibsen-Saga\u003c\/i\u003e (2006-present) is a six-hundred-year project to restage Henrik Ibsen's entire oeuvre. Andrew Friedman presents a groundbreaking historical narrative of this project's development and dramaturgy, through the theories and practices of modernism's most influential and controversial artists, including Henrik Ibsen, Richard Wagner, F. T. Marinetti, Erwin Piscator, and Jackson Pollock. Vinge and Müller treat Ibsen's plays as the urtexts of a mythical struggle between artistic vision and material limits, which they explore through analogous narratives ranging from \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e to World Cup soccer matches, all unified by a singular aesthetic that juxtaposes totalizing fiction and extreme reality. As Friedman shows, they mythologize Ibsen's themes of artistic ambition to resurrect and test modernism's fantasies of artistic autonomy, totality, creative license, and provocation.\u003cp\u003eBy reading Vinge and Müller's project through its modernist inspirations, Friedman demonstrates the material and ethical limits of modernist ideals in current theatrical practice, providing new perspectives on the legacy of these pioneering figures. \u003ci\u003eIbsen Apocalypse\u003c\/i\u003e is a bold, cross-disciplinary reappraisal of the persistent power of modernity in contemporary performance.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Friedman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798899480232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Andrew Friedman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48487460339967,"sku":"9798899480232","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_96f94848-d533-484e-a8c4-515810ed4041.jpg?v=1778060596","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ibsen-apocalypse-andrew-friedman-9798899480232","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}