by Henrik Ibsen · Reclam Philipp Jun. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783150023174
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«Die Wildente» is the drama by Henrik Ibsen, published by Reclam Philipp Jun. in paperback (144 pages, in German).
It focuses on the Ekdal family and the consequences of unearthing secrets from the past. Combining realism and symbolism, Ibsen addresses the tension between illusion and truth and shows how well-intentioned revelations can prove destructive; the wild duck of the title serves as a metaphor for lives marked by lies.
Work originally published in 1884 under the Norwegian title «Vildanden»; number 2317 of Reclams Universal-Bibliothek, in a translation by Christel Hildebrandt.
German edition for school reading (Klassenlektüre) and literature classroom, suitable for students and readers of nineteenth-century theatrical classics.
Henrik Johan Ibsen was a Norwegian playwright. He is considered one of the world's pre-eminent writers of the 19th century and is often referred to as "the father of modern drama". He pioneered theatrical realism but also wrote lyrical epic works. His major works include Brand, Peer Gynt, Emperor and Galilean, A Doll's House, Ghosts, An Enemy of the People, The Wild Duck, Rosmersholm, Hedda Gabler, The Master Builder, and When We Dead Awaken. In 2014 Ibsen was considered the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare. Store norske leksikon describes him as "the center of the Norwegian literary canon".
