The Ibsen Family Explained

The Ibsen Family
Author:Jørgen Haave
Title Orig:Familien Ibsen
Orig Lang Code:no
Country:Norway
Publisher:Museumsforlaget
Pub Date:2017
Isbn:9788283050455

The Ibsen Family (Norwegian: Familien Ibsen) is a non-fiction book by Ibsen scholar Jørgen Haave about Henrik Ibsen's family and early life.

Background

It was published by Museumsforlaget and Telemark Museum in 2017. The book is based on a systematic, critical reassessment of the knowledge about Ibsen's childhood and family – that is, the closely intertwined Ibsen, Paus and Altenburg merchant family of Skien – which is placed in a broader context.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] In 2017, Haave was awarded second place in the Researcher's Association's "Hjernekraft" prize for his research on Ibsen. Ibsen scholar Ellen Rees notes that the book is a seminal work in what she describes as a "revolution" in recent historical and biographical research into Ibsen's life, that has refuted many myths previously taken for granted.[6] Haave sees Ibsen's life trajectory in the context of the development of a modern and democratic constitutional state of Norway, and describes Ibsen as a boy who was pampered by his father, who liked to be creative in solitude, and who provoked peers with his superiority and arrogance.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Rian . Øystein . Øystein Rian. Jørgen Haave: Familien Ibsen (review) . . 2018 . 18 . 2 . 208–212 . 10.1080/15021866.2018.1550876.
  2. News: Melfald . Nina . En viktig Ibsen-bok – som anbefales varmt . 6 November 2017 . Varden.
  3. Web site: En klysete overklassefyr skal feires! . Telemarkshistorier . 4 November 2023.
  4. "Nye funn kan endre historien om Ibsen", NRK, 26 February 2017
  5. "Henrik Ibsen tryllet for kaksene på Venstøp", Telemarkshistorier
  6. Rees . Ellen . Tropes Revisited: Evert Sprinchorn's Ibsen's Kingdom: The Man and His Works and Recent Historical Research in Ibsen Studies . Scandinavian Studies . 2022 . 94 . 4 . 530–545 . 10.5406/21638195.94.4.06 . 253371741 .
  7. Web site: The Ibsen family . Books from Norway . 4 November 2023.