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Preface 前言

Ibsen Studies Pub Date : 2021-11-19 DOI: 10.1080/15021866.2021.1997231

Giuliano D’Amico

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The Mystic and Modernity: Unfolding Past and Present in Emperor and Galilean 神秘与现代：在《皇帝与伽利略》中展现过去与现在

Ibsen Studies Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/15021866.2021.1932045

Gerd Karin Omdal

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Doctoral Defense: IBSEN at the Theatrical Crossroads of Europe: A Performance History of Henrik Ibsen’s Plays on the Romanian Stages (1894–1947) 博士答辩:易卜生在欧洲戏剧的十字路口:亨利克·易卜生在罗马尼亚舞台上的戏剧表演历史(1894-1947)

Ibsen Studies Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/15021866.2021.1932046

Gianina Druță, O. Dubălaru, Ellen Karoline Gjervan

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Review 评审

Ibsen Studies Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/15021866.2021.1924428

Elin Stengrundet

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Preface 前言

Ibsen Studies Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/15021866.2021.1932277

Ellen Rees

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Eivind Tjønneland, ed.: Henrik Ibsens Kongsemnerne.

Ibsen Studies Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/15021866.2021.1924429

Gudleiv Bø

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Where Did Ibsen Come From? The Contribution of the Foreign Language Tours to the Emergence of Henrik Ibsen on the Romanian Stage 易卜生是从哪里来的？外语之旅对伊卜生在罗马尼亚舞台上出现的贡献

Ibsen Studies Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/15021866.2021.1932044

Gianina Druță

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Economic Extensions in Space and Time: Mediating Value in Pillars of the Community and A Doll’s House 时空中的经济延伸:《社区的支柱》和《玩偶之家》中的中介价值

Ibsen Studies Pub Date : 2020-07-02 DOI: 10.1080/15021866.2020.1823629

L. Fodstad

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Ibsen, Power and the Self: Postsocialist Chinese Experimentations in Stage Performance and Film 易卜生、权力与自我：后社会主义中国的舞台表演与电影实验

Ibsen Studies Pub Date : 2020-07-02 DOI: 10.1080/15021866.2020.1823626

Xiaomei Chen

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Doctoral Defense: Henrik Ibsen in the American Theatre, 1879–1914 博士答辩：亨利·易卜生在美国剧院，1879–1914

Ibsen Studies Pub Date : 2020-07-02 DOI: 10.1080/15021866.2020.1823630

Svein Henrik Nyhus, J. Bollen, Olivia Noble Gunn

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