Ibsen Cycle

Contents



Preface to The Ibsen Cycle ix

Preface to the First Editionxv

Acknowledgmentsxix

Abbreviationsxxi

Introduction1



PART I

1. The "Dramatic" Content of Hegel's Philosophy27

2. The Philosophical Content of Ibsen's Drama65

3. The Structure of the Cycle98



PART II

4. Archetypal Repetition in Ghosts189

5. The Dialectic of Rosmersholm237

6. Death and Transfiguration in The Master Builder289



Epilogue: Ibsen and Modernism353

Appendix 1: Ghosts376

Appendix 2: Rosmersholm380

Appendix 3: The Master Builder390

Selected Bibliography397

Index404