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John S. Chamberlain. 3 Ghosts : The Vision Blurs Ghosts , perhaps more than any other Ibsen play , has been interpreted in astonishingly contradictory ways . In performance , when well directed , it is still rivettingly dramatic . Yet it ...
John S. Chamberlain. 3 Ghosts : The Vision Blurs Ghosts , perhaps more than any other Ibsen play , has been interpreted in astonishingly contradictory ways . In performance , when well directed , it is still rivettingly dramatic . Yet it ...
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... Ghosts , therefore , is both more demanding , because of thematic confusion , and more likely to be com- prehensively revealing , because of the play's profundity , than similar efforts devoted to its companion pieces . It has serious ...
... Ghosts , therefore , is both more demanding , because of thematic confusion , and more likely to be com- prehensively revealing , because of the play's profundity , than similar efforts devoted to its companion pieces . It has serious ...
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... Ghosts seems to foreshadow by a few years.21 Obviously , therefore , all univocal interpretations of Ghosts including those referred to in this chapter can claim only tentative status as revealing examinations of parts of a whole . But ...
... Ghosts seems to foreshadow by a few years.21 Obviously , therefore , all univocal interpretations of Ghosts including those referred to in this chapter can claim only tentative status as revealing examinations of parts of a whole . But ...
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Journeys into Uncertainty | 23 |
The Vision Blurs | 71 |
All Hope Abandoned? | 104 |
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