02914nam 22005413 450 991087478100332120240708084507.0978104009897410400989759781003470731100347073497810400989811040098983(MiAaPQ)EBC31465672(Au-PeEL)EBL31465672(CKB)32657692100041(Exl-AI)31465672(EXLCZ)993265769210004120240708d2024 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierIbsen and Degeneration Familial Decay and the Fall of Civilization1st ed.Oxford :Taylor & Francis Group,2024.©2024.1 online resource (217 pages)Routledge Studies in Nineteenth Century Literature Series9781032744759 1032744758 Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Morel and the rise of degeneration discourse -- Marriage, family, and incest -- Disease, diathesis, and syphilis -- Energetic economy and the “fixed fund of energy” theory -- What does Ibsen do with degeneration discourse? -- A note on the form and scope of the book -- 1 The Rot of the Bourgeois Body: Ghosts (1881) -- Ibsen’s commentary on Ghosts -- The raising of bourgeois children -- Class, health, and sex -- Bourgeois patriarchy and Helene’s independence -- Alving’s decline and fall -- Osvald’s energetic inheritance -- Regine and regeneration -- 2 The Fall of the Old Order: Rosmersholm (1886) -- Hvide heste and its relationship to Rosmersholm -- Rosmer, Kroll, and the fall of the old order -- Marriage as the scene of threats to the social fabric -- Strength and weakness of will -- Brendel and the forces of entropy -- The useless deaths of Rosmer and Rebekka -- 3 Dominance and Deviance: Hedda Gabler (1890)Generated by AI.Henrik Ibsen's plays were written at a critical juncture in late nineteenth-century European culture. By reading these three plays from a fresh perspective, Ibsen and Degeneration sheds new light on some of Ibsen's most enduring contributions to world drama.Routledge Studies in Nineteenth Century Literature SeriesDegeneration in literatureGenerated by AIHeredity in literatureGenerated by AIDegeneration in literature.Heredity in literature.839.822/6Johnsson Henrik1749156MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910874781003321Ibsen and Degeneration4183174UNINA