Peer Gynt and Brand

A new Penguin edition of Ibsen’s two great verse plays, in masterful versions by one of our greatest living poets, Geoffrey Hill.

These two powerful and contrasting verse dramas by Ibsen made his reputation as a playwright. The fantastical adventures of the irrepressible Peer Gynt – poet, idler, procrastinator, seducer – draw on Norwegian folklore to conjure up mountains, kidnappings, shipwrecks and trolls in an exuberant examination of truth and the self; while Brand, an unsparing vision of an idealistic priest who lives by his steely faith, explores free will and sacrifice. This volume brings together the poet Geoffrey Hill’s acclaimed stage version of Brand with a new poetic rendering of Peer Gynt, published for the first time.

This Penguin edition includes an interview with Geoffrey Hill about recreating Ibsen in English, an introduction by Janet Garton and editorial materials by Tore Rem.

Author: Henrik Ibsen
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 02/07/2017
Pages: 400
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780141197586
Language: English

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