This article provides a psychiatric study of Ibsen's It is argued that Peer Gynt is without question as full of life, as full of individuality as any living man could be and as any hero of a poem should be. And if we comprehend this, we are not allowed to relate any of the drama's actions, any of the drama's symbols, to anything else but the hero, not to the author in the first place, nor to any historical events of that time, but exclusively to Peer Gynt whom solely they concern. And if many of the allegories seem strange to us at first glance, if they appear inexplicable and mysterious, it is certainly not the author's fault because nothing is inexplicable in true poetry, and every psychoanalyst knows very well--and knows it better than old Polonius--that there is no madness where there is no method in it. Nobody could deny that there is a great deal of madness in both Peer Gynt's thought and actions. Because this paper intends to give a new interpretation, to prove a new conception of Peer Gynt, differing from the usual explanations of P. H. Wicksteed, of Henry Jaeger, of L. Passarge, of Valfrid Vasenius, of William and Charles Archer, it is necessary to go deeper into our subject and to make an analysis of the hero's life, thoughts, words, and actions as shown in the drama.
A psychiatric study of Ibsen's .
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This article provides a psychiatric study of Ibsen's It is argued that Peer Gynt is without question as full of life, as full of individuality as any living man could be and as any hero of a poem should be. And if we comprehend this, we are not allowed to relate any of the drama's actions, any of the drama's symbols, to anything else but the hero, not to the author in the first place, nor to any historical events of that time, but exclusively to Peer Gynt whom solely they concern. And if many of the allegories seem strange to us at first glance, if they appear inexplicable and mysterious, it is certainly not the author's fault because nothing is inexplicable in true poetry, and every psychoanalyst knows very well--and knows it better than old Polonius--that there is no madness where there is no method in it. Nobody could deny that there is a great deal of madness in both Peer Gynt's thought and actions. Because this paper intends to give a new interpretation, to prove a new conception of Peer Gynt, differing from the usual explanations of P. H. Wicksteed, of Henry Jaeger, of L. Passarge, of Valfrid Vasenius, of William and Charles Archer, it is necessary to go deeper into our subject and to make an analysis of the hero's life, thoughts, words, and actions as shown in the drama.Preview Only. This article cannot be rented because we do not currently have permission from the publisher.
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A psychiatric study of Ibsen's .
Kanner, Leo
Follow The Journal of Abnormal Psychology and Social Psychology
, Volume 19 (4): 373
PsycARTICLES® – Jan 1, 1924
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