Henrik Ibsen: Poet, Playwright and Psychologist
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This book is not a biography of Henrik Ibsen, neither is it a literary critique of his poems and plays. I treat Ibsen as the psychologist he showed himself to be throughout his life and works. Hence, I address Ibsen fundamentally as a psychologist whose insight and exposition can be found in everything he wrote as poet and playwright.
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This book presents important psychological matters occupying Ibsen's life including his observations that were transformed into poems and plays. Attention is given to Ibsen's insight into psychological issues pre-dating the ideas as presented in the psychoanalytic writings of Sigmund Freud and Alfred Adler. Freud and Adler acknowledged Ibsen's psychological insight, but Ibsen's insight into human nature is still not fully recognized. This book addresses that neglect. Ibsen utilized his own life experiences together with a careful observation of human behavior to present what later became immensely important to the yet undeveloped field of psychoanalysis. Special attention is given to Ibsen's simple but important understanding of therapeutic change and decision-making.
About the Author
Mark Stone is a licensed clinical psychologist in the State of Illinois. He holds the ABPP Diplomate in Clinical Psychology and School Psychology and the NASAP Diplomate in Adlerian Psychology. Mark retired from the Adler School of Professional Psychology as Provost in 2000. He continues to teach part-time at Aurora Univeristy, in Aurora, Illinois. His professional interests include Adlerian Theory and Practice, Measurement, and Statisitcal Analysis. His publcations include several books, book chapters, and journal publications.
Cheryl Wagner is practicing therapist and former instructor at the Adler School of Professional Psychology specializing in Parenting, Adlerian Psychology and Professional Development. She earned her graduate degrees at the Adler School of Professional Psychology.