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Quintessence of Ibsenism

George Bernard Shaw, a playwright with a few bones to pick of his own, undertakes a surgical analysis of the social philosophies underlying the work of Henrik Ibsen. Focusing his analysis on Ibsen's challenge to the conventional "ideals" which both Ibsen and Shaw consider the greatest evils in human society, Shaw summarizes and exposits sixteen of Ibsen's plays, seizing the opportunity to elucidate some of the principles dearest to himself. Some of the most striking passages reveal Shaw's radical feminist perspectives, some of which resonate as if a half-century ahead of their time. A fascinating revelation of the minds of two great and revolutionary writers (it's not always obvious whose voice is exactly whose), this always-timely book exposes hypocrisies still poisoning Society in the twenty-first century. - Summary by Expatriate

Year of Publication: 1913Genres: Literary Criticism,Philosophy

Running Time: 05 hours 58 minutes 42 seconds(19 chapters)

Language: EnglishRead by: Expatriate

#	Chapter Name
	Author's Prefaces (1913 & 1889) Expatriate	18:40
	I. The Two Pioneers Expatriate	30:08
	II. Ideals and Idealists Expatriate	18:19
	III. The Womanly Woman Expatriate	24:47
	IV. The Autobiographical Anti-Idealist Extravaganzas, Pt. 1 (Brand, Peer Gynt) Expatriate	18:25
	IV. The Autobiographical Anti-Idealist Extravaganzas, Pt. 2 (Emperor & Galilean) Expatriate	25:40
	V. The Objective Anti-Idealist Plays, Pt. 1 (League of Youth, Pillars of Society, Doll's House) Expatriate	16:13
	V. The Objective Anti-Idealist Plays, Pt. 2 (Ghosts, Enemy of the People) Expatriate	23:37
	V. The Objective Anti-Idealist Plays, Pt. 3 (Wild Duck, Rosmersholm) Expatriate	18:56
	V. The Objective Anti-Idealist Plays, Pt. 4 (Lady from the Sea, Hedda Gabler) Expatriate	19:23
	VI. Down Among the Dead Men: The Last Four Plays, Pt. 1 (Master Builder) Expatriate	14:01
	VI. Down Among the Dead Men: The Last Four Plays, Pt. 2 (Little Eyolf) Expatriate	18:44
	VI. Down Among the Dead Men: The Last Four Plays, Pt. 3 (John Gabriel Borkman) Expatriate	12:06
	VI. Down Among the Dead Men: The Last Four Plays, Pt. 4 (When We Dead Awaken) Expatriate	18:34
	VII. The Lesson of the Plays Expatriate	21:35
	VIII. What is the New Element in the Norwegian School? Expatriate	22:07
	IX. The Technical Novelty in Ibsen's Plays, Pt. 1 Expatriate	12:55
	IX. The Technical Novelty in Ibsen's Plays, Pt. 2 Expatriate	16:39
	X. Needed: An Ibsen Theatre Expatriate	7:53