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Translated by William Archer and Mary Morrison
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Title: The Feast at Solhoug
Author: Henrik Ibsen
Release Date: May 21, 2006 [eBook #18428]
Language: English
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THE FEAST AT SOLHOUG.
by
HENRIK IBSEN
From The Collected Works of Henrik Ibsen, Volume 1
Revised and Edited by William Archer
Translation by William Archer and Mary Morrison
INTRODUCTION*
Exactly a year after the production of _Lady Inger of Ostrat_--that
is to say on the "Foundation Day" of the Bergen Theatre, January 2,
1866--_The Feast at Solhoug_ was produced. The poet himself has
written its history in full in the Preface to the second edition.
The only comment that need be made upon his rejoinder to his critics
has been made, with perfect fairness as it seems to me, by George
Brandes in the following passage:** "No one who is unacquainted with
the Scandinavian languages can fully understand the charm that the
style and melody of the old ballads exercise upon the Scandinavian
mind.
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