Brand (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Ibsen, Henrik; Hill, Geoffrey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140446761 ISBN 13: 9780140446760

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1997

Synopsis

The story of a minister driven by faith to risk the death of his wife and child, Brand pits a man of vision against the forces of ignorance and venality.

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About this title

From the Back Cover:

Brand was Ibsen's first masterpiece, a poetic drama composed in 1865 and published to tremendous critical and popular acclaim. The unsparing vision of a priest driven by faith to risk and witness the deaths of his wife and child gives Brand its icy ferocity. When he was writing it in Italy, Ibsen declared: 'It is blessedly peaceful out here; no one I know; I read nothing but the Bible ...' Geoffrey Hill provides a new Preface to this third and revised edition of his great stage version of Brand.

About the Author:

Henrik Ibsen was born at Skien in Norway in 1828. He was one of the earliest writers to dramatise the individual's alienation from society. Although never fully appreciated during his lifetime, he has since come to be recognised as one of the greatest dramatists and the 'Father of Modern Drama'.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0140446761
• ISBN 13: 9780140446760
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160