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Peer Gynt (/ p ɪər ˈ ɡ ɪ n t /, Norwegian: [peːr ˈjʏnt,-ˈɡʏnt]) is a five-act play in verse written in 1867 by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen. It is one of the most widely performed Norwegian plays. Peer Gynt chronicles the journey of its title character from the Norwegian mountains to the North African desert and back.
- Arthur Rackham
- 24 February 1876
- 1867
- Norwegian
Peer Gynt, a poetic, contradictious, and intriguing character made of the stuff of legendary heroes and sometimes confused with them in his own mind. He is one of the playwright’s greatest...
Peer Gynt — A dreamer and a rogue, Peer is both the protagonist and his own greatest adversary. His life is a quest for identity and meaning, veering between grandiose self-aggrandizement and profound self-doubt.
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Peer Gynt, five-act verse play by Henrik Ibsen, published in Norwegian in 1867 and produced in 1876. The title character, based on a legendary Norwegian folk hero, is a rogue who will be destroyed unless he is saved by the love of a woman. Peer Gynt is a charming but lazy and arrogant peasant youth.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
HENRIK IBSEN 1876. AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY. PLOT SUMMARY. CHARACTERS. THEMES. STYLE. HISTORICAL CONTEXT. CRITICAL OVERVIEW. CRITICISM. SOURCES. FURTHER READING. Henrik Ibsen wrote Peer Gynt in 1867. He never intended that the work be performed on stage; instead, Ibsen envisioned his work as a poetic fantasy to be read.
Composers. Grieg Home. Music. Album reviews. The Story Behind Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt. Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) wrote his five-act allegorical drama Peer Gynt in 1867 while living in Italy. It tells the story of the downfall and subsequent redemption of a Norwegian peasant anti-hero.
( See also Ibsen, Henrik; Grieg, Edvard .) A character from Norwegian folklore, Peer Gynt is known to theater audiences worldwide as the capricious hero of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play of the same name. Self-centered…
