Peer Gynt : A Dramatic Poem
by Henrik Ibsen, Peter Watts
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Author: Henrik Ibsen, Peter WattsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1966-04-30
ISBN: 0140441670
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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Book Review: The Charm of a Trickster...
Summary: 5 Stars
Peer Gynt is a piece of literature that, like Goethe's Faust Part II plays best on the stage of the imagination. It is too lengthy and costly to be performed on stage. Sometimes the first three acts are performed together, sometimes the last two acts are brought together to become a whole for a theatre production.
In terms of reading, this is a great fable piece. Peer is the Trickster with the mirror to his conscience. As a youth, he is Troll-like in his lusts, in his carousing. In his middle-age, he is Troll-like in his financial enterprises. At the end of his life, he is a folorn man, having given up possible true love to run around in search of his self. He is a fraud but we feel sympathy for him. He pursues life in search of distractions and power but ends up empty at the end, soon to be the vicim of the Button Moulder, soon to be nothing more than a button.
This work has many levels and open to numerous interpretations. Ideally, this is the book you read for a book club. There is nothing conventional about it. The conversations will be endless and the philosophy inspired, well, might be inspiring.
Summary of Peer Gynt : A Dramatic Poem
This high-spirited poetical fantasy, based on Norwegian folklore, is the story of an irresponsible, lovable hero. After its publication, Ibsen abandoned the verse form for more realistic prose plays.British & Irish Books
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