{"product_id":"to-the-third-empire-brian-johnston-9780816657988","title":"To the Third Empire: Ibsen's Early Drama","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo the Third Empire\u003c\/i\u003e was first published in 1980. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCritical acclaim greeted Brian Johnston's 1975 book on Ibsen's final phase, \u003ci\u003eThe Ibsen Cycle. Choice\u003c\/i\u003e called it \"the single most provocative and critically exciting books of Ibsen criticism in decades.\" Johnston now turns his attention to the early works, using the same thematic premise - that the plays follow a clear progression, influenced by the Hegalian aesthetic that pervaded Europe in the mid-nineteenth century. The result is an explanation of the early career that demonstrates both its unity and its essential relation to the realistic cycle that followed. In advancing his argument Johnston provides close readings of ten plays, ranging from \u003ci\u003eCataline\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eEmperor and Galilean\u003c\/i\u003e and including \u003ci\u003eBrand\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePeer Gynt. Scholars\u003c\/i\u003e and students of drama, comparative literature, and Ibsen studies will find \u003ci\u003eTo the Third Empire\u003c\/i\u003e an essential work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian Johnston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 081665798X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816657988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/22\/1980\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.73d","brand":"Brian Johnston","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47425085800703,"sku":"9780816657988","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2273d75d-c5bc-4ae5-83d6-6c81716bfb75.jpg?v=1761536910","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/to-the-third-empire-brian-johnston-9780816657988","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}