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Fru Inger til Østråt

By Henrik Ibsen

2020-06-04 18:25:58

Lady Inger of Ostrat (original title: Fru Inger til Østeraad) is an 1854 play by Henrik Ibsen, inspired by the life of Inger, Lady of Austraat. The play, the third work of the Norwegian's career, reflects the birth of Romantic Nationalism in ... Read more
Lady Inger of Ostrat (original title: Fru Inger til Østeraad) is an 1854 play by Henrik Ibsen, inspired by the life of Inger, Lady of Austraat. The play, the third work of the Norwegian's career, reflects the birth of Romantic Nationalism in the Norway of that period, and had a strongly anti-Danish sentiment. It centers on the Scandinavia of 1510–1540 as the Kalmar Union collapsed, the impacts of the Reformation were becoming evident in Norway, and a last desperate struggle was being mounted to maintain Norwegian independence. Its initial sentiments were so strongly anti-Danish that Ibsen ultimately toned them down. Less

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File size101.04 KB
Print pages116
PublisherPublic Domain Book
LanguageNorwegian
ISBN978-1784350314
Born: 20 March 1828, Skien Municipality, Norway Died: 23 May 1906, Oslo, Norway Henrik Johan Ibsen was a Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. As one of the founders of modernism in th...

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