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A two-part historical drama follows an imperial figure who struggles to reconcile philosophical conviction, religious allegiance, and political reality as competing spiritual and worldly powers vie for dominance. Scenes alternate between public confrontations and private introspection, presenting debates among thinkers, ritual pageantry, and military and courtly maneuvering. The protagonist pursues restoration of an older spiritual order but confronts intellectual doubt, institutional resistance, and the practical limits of authority, so the play interrogates faith, power, idealism versus pragmatism, and the tragedy of visionary ambition amid a society undergoing profound religious and cultural transformation.

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Title: The collected works of Henrik Ibsen, Vol. 05 (of 11)

Author: Henrik Ibsen

Editor: William Archer

Release date: September 8, 2021 [eBook #66240]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United Kingdom: William Heinemann, 1907

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THE COLLECTED WORKS OF
HENRIK IBSEN
VOLUME V
EMPEROR AND GALILEAN
(1873)
THE COLLECTED WORKS OF
HENRIK IBSEN
Copyright Edition.       Complete in 11 Volumes.
Crown 8vo, price 4s. each.
ENTIRELY REVISED AND EDITED BY
WILLIAM ARCHER
Vol. I. Lady Inger, The Feast at Solhoug, Love’s Comedy
Vol. II. The Vikings, The Pretenders
Vol. III. Brand
Vol. IV. Peer Gynt
Vol. V. Emperor and Galilean (2 parts)
Vol. VI. The League of Youth, Pillars of Society
Vol. VII. A Doll’s House, Ghosts
Vol. VIII. An Enemy of the People, The Wild Duck
Vol. IX. Rosmersholm, The Lady from the Sea
Vol. X. Hedda Gabler, The Master Builder
Vol. XI. Little Eyolf, John Gabriel Borkman, When We Dead Awaken
London: WILLIAM HEINEMANN
21 Bedford Street, W.C.

THE COLLECTED WORKS OF
HENRIK IBSEN

Copyright Edition

VOLUME V
EMPEROR AND
GALILEAN
A WORLD-HISTORIC DRAMA
WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY
WILLIAM ARCHER


LONDON
WILLIAM HEINEMANN
1911
First printed September 1907
Second Impression April 1911
Copyright 1907 by William Heinemann