General Editor's Preface | p. vii |
Preface | p. xvii |
Acknowledgments | p. xviii |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Note on the Text | p. 40 |
Edmund Gosse on Ibsen's Poetry | p. 41 |
Edmund Gosse on Peer Gynt | p. 45 |
Edmund Gosse on Ibsen's Elaborate Irony | p. 50 |
on the Conflict in Ibsen's Work | p. 51 |
Quicksands (the Pillars of Society) | p. 55 |
on Ibsen's Genius | p. 57 |
on Ibsen and Björnson | p. 58 |
on a Doll's House | p. 59 |
on Mrs Lord's Imperfections and an Enemy of the People | p. 60 |
Mrs Lord Replies | p. 63 |
Kongsemnerne (the Pretenders) | p. 64 |
Breaking a Butterfly (a Doll's House) | p. 65 |
on the Importance of Ibsen | p. 73 |
Gosse on Ibsen's Social Dramas | p. 77 |
Becomes Interested | p. 94 |
Arthur Symons on Ibsen's Modernity | p. 95 |
An Unsigned Notice by Clement Scott in the Daily Telegraph | p. 101 |
A Doll's House | p. 101 |
From an Unsigned Notice Headlined 'Henrik Ibsen in English' | p. 103 |
From 'Flashes from the Footlights', an Unsigned Regular Theatre Column, Licensed Victuallers' Mirror | p. 105 |
From 'Between the Acts', an Unsigned Regular Theatre Column | p. 106 |
From 'Ibsen in London', a Notice by Frederic Wedmore | p. 107 |
C. H. Herford's Reply to Wedmore's Review of a Doll's House | p. 109 |
An Unsigned Notice, Spectator | p. 110 |
on Ibsen's Unlovely Creed | p. 114 |
on Newspaper Reaction to Ibsen | p. 115 |
on the Difficulty of Being Nora | p. 123 |
The Pillars of Society | p. 126 |
From an Unsigned Notice in the Daily News | p. 126 |
From an Unsigned Notice by Clement Scott, the Daily Telegraph | p. 127 |
From an Unsigned Notice, the Daily Chronicle | p. 130 |
From an Unsigned Notice in the Referee | p. 130 |
From an Unsigned Notice, Lloyd's Weekly News | p. 131 |
Unsigned Comment in the Hawk | p. 131 |
From 'Ibsen Again', a Signed Notice by Frederic Wedmore, the Academy | p. 132 |
From an Unsigned Notice in the Queen | p. 133 |
William Archer on the Absurdity of | p. 134 |
on Rosmersholm and the Lady from the Sea | p. 143 |
Presents an American View of Ibsen | p. 146 |
on Nora's Selflessness | p. 147 |
on Ibsen's Cosmic Emotion | p. 148 |
on the Phases of the Soul in Ghosts | p. 149 |
on Ibsen's Provinciality | p. 150 |
on Ibsen and American Writers | p. 151 |
Emperor and Galilean | p. 154 |
An Anonymous Comment on the Depravity of Ibsen, Edward Aveling and Ghosts | p. 157 |
An Unsigned Notice in the Evening News and Post | p. 158 |
Rosmersholm | p. 158 |
From an Unsigned Notice, Daily Chronicle | p. 160 |
Editorial Comment, Daily Chronicle | p. 161 |
From an Unsigned Notice, the Times | p. 163 |
From 'An Ibsen Service', Unsigned Notice, Daily News | p. 165 |
From an Unsigned Notice by Clement Scott, Daily Telegraph | p. 167 |
From 'Some Ibsenisms', Unsigned Comment, Saturday Review | p. 169 |
From 'Theatrical Gossip', an Unsigned Regular Column, Era | p. 170 |
From a Pseudonymous Notice by 'Momus', Gentlewoman | p. 171 |
From an Unsigned Notice, Black and White | p. 172 |
Unsigned Notice, Sunday Times | p. 173 |
From 'Flashes from the Footlights', an Unsigned Regular Theatre Column, Licensed Victuallers' Mirror | p. 177 |
From 'Ibsen Up to Date', by Justin Huntley Mccarthy, Hawk | p. 178 |
An Unsigned Notice, Truth, Probably by Clement Scott | p. 179 |
From 'Between the Acts', an Unsigned Regular Theatre Column, Queen | p. 181 |
George Moore Sees Ghosts in Paris | p. 182 |
Ghosts | p. 182 |
From an Unsigned Notice by Clement Scott, Daily Telegraph | p. 187 |
Editorial Comment, Daily Telegraph | p. 189 |
From an Unsigned Notice, Daily News | p. 193 |
From an Unsigned Notice, Daily Chronicle | p. 195 |
From an Unsigned Notice, Evening News and Post | p. 196 |
An Anonymous Satirical Poem, Evening News and Post | p. 200 |
Ibsen and Real Life | p. 201 |
From 'Plays and Players', an Anonymous Theatre Column, Sunday Times | p. 201 |
An Unsigned Notice, Licensed Victuallers' Mirror | p. 202 |
From an Unsigned Notice, Hawk | p. 204 |
'How We Found Gibsen', an Anonymous Satirical Story, Hawk | p. 205 |
'Ghosts and Gibberings' | p. 209 |
Ibsen Speaks Out | p. 214 |
on Ibsen's Grey Mediocrity | p. 216 |
Hedda Gabler | p. 218 |
From an Unsigned Notice, the Times | p. 218 |
'An Ibsen Success-hedda Gabler at the Vaudeville' | p. 220 |
From a Notice by Justin Mccarthy, Black and White | p. 221 |
An Unsigned Notice, Saturday Review | p. 222 |
A Signed Review by Clement Scott, Illustrated London News | p. 225 |
From an Unsigned Notice, Sunday Times | p. 229 |
An Unsigned Notice, Observer | p. 230 |
'Goldsmith and Ibsen/A Dramatic Contrast', an Unsigned Notice, People | p. 232 |
on the Unfortunate Depravity but Enlivening Influence of Ibsen | p. 233 |
'On the Occasion of Hedda Gabler', by Henry James, New Review | p. 234 |
From an Unsigned Notice, the Times | p. 245 |
The Lady from the Sea | p. 245 |
From an Unsigned Notice, Standard | p. 246 |
From an Unsigned Review | p. 247 |
From an Unsigned Notice, Gentlewoman | p. 248 |
An Unsigned Notice, Referee | p. 249 |
From a Notice | p. 251 |
From an Unsigned Regular Theatre Gossip Column, Hawk | p. 252 |
Ibsen Parodied | p. 253 |
From 'Ibsen's Brand', a Long Article | p. 255 |
Brand | p. 255 |
From an Unsigned Review of William Wilson's Translation of Brand: a Dramatic Poem, Saturday Review | p. 256 |
George Bernard Shaw on the Quintessence of Ibsenism and Its Resemblance to Shavianism | p. 259 |
'Ibsen's New Play' | p. 266 |
The Master Builder | p. 266 |
An Unsigned Notice | p. 269 |
An Unsigned Notice, Evening News and Post | p. 273 |
From an Unsigned Notice, the Times | p. 275 |
From an Unsigned Notice, Standard | p. 277 |
An Unsigned Notice, Pall Mall Gazette | p. 278 |
An Unsigned Notice, Black and White | p. 280 |
From a Pseudonymous Theatre Column by 'Momus', Gentlewoman | p. 282 |
A Poem | p. 283 |
'The Crack in the Flue', a Notice | p. 283 |
A Report in Era, 4 February 1893, 10 | p. 288 |
An Unsigned Review, Saturday Review | p. 288 |
'Ibsen's Last Play', an Unsigned Review, Spectator | p. 293 |
An Enemy of the People | p. 298 |
From an Unsigned Notice, the Times | p. 298 |
From an Unsigned Notice | p. 299 |
From an Unsigned Notice, Daily Chronicle | p. 300 |
A Pseudonymous Notice by 'Momus', Gentlewoman | p. 301 |
An Unsigned Notice, Theatre | p. 303 |
William Archer Sums It Up | p. 304 |
Mr. Gladstone as Solness | p. 312 |
on Ibsen's Self-Satire in the Wild Duck | p. 314 |
Ghosts in New York and Boston | p. 315 |
Ibsen Consigned to Hell in Boston | p. 316 |
An Unsigned Notice | p. 317 |
The Wild Duck | p. 317 |
From an Unsigned Notice, Daily Chronicle | p. 320 |
From an Unsigned Notice, Evening News and Post | p. 320 |
From an Unsigned Notice, Truth | p. 321 |
From a Pseudonymous Notice by 'Hafiz', Black and White | p. 321 |
From an Unsigned Notice, Era | p. 322 |
From an Unsigned Notice, Theatre | p. 323 |
An Unsigned Review of a Commentary on the Works of Henrik Ibsen, Spectator | p. 324 |
Herbert Waring: an Actor's View of Ibsen | p. 326 |
Ibsen on Himself-1 | p. 331 |
Ibsen on Himself-2 | p. 332 |
From an Unsigned Review, Saturday Review | p. 334 |
Little Eyolf | p. 334 |
From a Signed Review | p. 338 |
Unsigned Notice, Pall Mall Gazette | p. 340 |
From an Unsigned Notice, the Times | p. 342 |
From an Unsigned Notice, Evening Standard | p. 343 |
From an Unsigned Notice, Daily News | p. 344 |
From an Unsigned Notice | p. 345 |
From an Unsigned Notice, Daily Chronicle | p. 346 |
'Ibsen and His Interpreters', an Editorial in Era | p. 347 |
An Unsigned Notice | p. 350 |
'The Hallucinations of | p. 355 |
Henry James on Ibsen's Superiority to Shakespeare | p. 356 |
An Unsigned Review, Saturday Review | p. 359 |
From a Review | p. 363 |
From a Notice | p. 366 |
From an Unsigned Notice | p. 368 |
From an Unsigned Notice, Era | p. 371 |
From an Unsigned Notice, Lloyd's Weekly News | p. 373 |
From an Unsigned Notice, People | p. 374 |
George Bernard Shaw on a Doll's House | p. 375 |
From an Unsigned Notice, Theatre | p. 377 |
Bernard Shaw Watches Queen Victoria and the Archbishop of Canterbury Watch Ghosts | p. 378 |
Hedda Gabler in New York | p. 383 |
When We Dead Awaken | p. 385 |
James Joyce, Article in Fortnightly Review | p. 385 |
From an Unsigned Notice, Daily Telegraph | p. 391 |
From an Unsigned Notice, Daily Chronicle | p. 393 |
An Unsigned Notice, the Times | p. 394 |
From an Unsigned Notice, Sunday Times | p. 396 |
From an Unsigned Notice, Lloyd's Weekly News | p. 398 |
An Unsigned Notice, Referee | p. 399 |
From 'Ibsen's "epilogue"', by 'Max' [beerbohm], Saturday Review | p. 401 |
From a Pseudonymous Notice by 'Momus', Gentlewoman | p. 403 |
From an Unsigned Notice, Daily Telegraph | p. 405 |
The Vikings at Helgeland | p. 405 |
From a Long Unsigned Notice, Daily Chronicle | p. 408 |
From an Unsigned Notice, the Times | p. 409 |
An Unsigned Notice, Referee | p. 412 |
A Notice | p. 415 |
W. Rothenstein on Max Beerbohm's Obtuseness | p. 419 |
P. T. Barnum and Others Cable Ibsen | p. 420 |
The Collected Letters of Henrik Ibsen | p. 421 |
From 'Ibsen in His Letters', by William Archer, Fortnightly Review | p. 421 |
The Wild Duck | p. 429 |
From a Pseudonymous Notice | p. 429 |
From Unsigned Theatre Comment, Referee | p. 432 |
From an Initialled Notice | p. 435 |
An Enemy of the People | p. 435 |
Keir Hardie on the Instructiveness of Ibsen | p. 438 |
Lady Inger of Ostraat | p. 439 |
From an Initialled Notice | p. 439 |
From an Unsigned Notice, Black and White | p. 441 |
Obituaries | p. 442 |
From an Unsigned Obituary, Academy | p. 442 |
Max Beerbohm, Saturday Review | p. 443 |
From W. D. Howells's Obituary in North American Review | p. 446 |
'Ibsen as an Interpreter of American Life' | p. 451 |
'Playing Ibsen in the Badlands' | p. 457 |
| p. 464 |
| p. 466 |
Bibliography | p. 491 |
Index | p. 493 |
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