Peer Gynt (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Henrik Ibsen
- First Published: 1867
- Type of Work: Drama
- Genres: Satire, Drama, Folklore, Fantasy, Fairy tale
- Subjects: Folkloric or magical people, Nineteenth century, Marriage, Sin or Original sin, Farms, farmers, or farming, Hell, Weddings, Monsters, Braggarts, Norway or Norwegians
- Locales: Norway
Peer Gynt is a lazy but charming Norwegian farm boy. A liar and boaster, he causes himself to be outlawed by stealing the bride at a wedding and then casting her away once he has seduced her. The latter action is motivated by his having met the young Solveig, who becomes his love ideal. In Solveig’s absence, however, he commits even grosser erotic sins. Consorting with a mysterious woman dressed in green, a supernatural creature modeled on folk belief, he fathers a troll bastard, and later he is taken into the mountain, where he is to be married to the daughter of the resident troll...
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