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Definition of Ibsenian
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or in the manner of the playwright Henrik Ibsen.
Definition of Ibsenian
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to (w Henrik Ibsen) (1828–1906), 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ibsenian
Literary usage of Ibsenian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ibsen in Germany, 1870-1900 by William Henri Eller (1918)
"The German drama had become independent, differing from the Ibsenian model both
in form and content. A naturalistic dialogue had superseded the ..."
2. The Contemporary Review (1898)
"The Ibsenian anarchists are right in reminding us that there is really nothing
holy in such a road ; for holiness is a quality, not of institutions, ..."
3. European Dramatists by Archibald Henderson (1913)
"In America there was — and is — no school of acting, classic in finish, classic
in tradition, to interpret the complex harmonies of the Ibsenian dramas. ..."
4. Masters of the English Novel: A Study of Principles and Personalities by Richard Burton (1909)
"His women, for example, strike us as somewhat mechanical; there is a sameness
about them that means the failure to differentiate: the Ibsenian psychology of ..."
5. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology by Ill.) University of Illinois (Urbana (1918)
"It seems to me that, perhaps, we arrive at the true significance of the part
which Hilda Wangel plays in the drama, if we regard her as a typical Ibsenian ..."
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