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{{Short description|2019 book about Henrik Ibsen by Sverre Mørkhagen}}
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'''''Ibsen: "... den mærkelige mand"''''' is a biography of [[Henrik Ibsen]], written by Sverre Mørkhagen and published by [[Gyldendal Norsk Forlag]] in 2019. The book sparked intense debate among Ibsen scholars and the public in 2019. Shortly after its publication, it received a very positive review in ''[[Dagbladet]]'' and was awarded a prize that called the book the "ultimate Ibsen biography." However, later in the fall of 2019, it was heavily criticized by leading Ibsen scholars who argued that the book presented an outdated and inaccurate portrayal of Ibsen, ignored recent Ibsen scholarship, and contained unsustainable conjecture and factual errors.<ref>«[http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_klassekampen_null_null_20191030_51_252_1 Forsvarer Ibsen-biografi]», ''Klassekampen'', 30. oktober 2019 («Den nye biografien ''Ibsen: «... den mærkelige mand»'' [...] har fått skarp kritikk fra flere Ibsen-kjennere»)</ref> [[Jørgen Haave]] and other Ibsen researchers described the book as a setback for the academic study of Henrik Ibsen's life and work, due to its recycling of myths and misunderstandings.
==Content and reception==
The book is a comprehensive biography that aims to present Ibsen's entire life and work. Each chapter is named after a chapter in Ibsen's play ''[[Peer Gynt]]''.
The book was the subject of significant debate among academics in 2019. After its release, it received positive reviews from non-specialists, including a very favorable review by Marius Wulfsberg in Dagbladet, where the book was described as "a masterpiece."<ref>Marius Wulfsberg: «[https://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/fikk-ibsen-barn-med-13-aring/71697849 Fikk Ibsen barn med 13-åring?]», ''Dagbladet'', 13. oktober 2019</ref> That same fall, Mørkhagen received the Riksmål Society's Literature Prize for the book, and the jury described it as "the ultimate Ibsen biography." However, later in the fall, the criticism from academic circles studying Henrik Ibsen's life and work grew stronger.<ref>[https://bergenbibliotek.no/arrangement/ibsen-den-maerkelige-mand Ibsen: «... den mærkelige mand»]</ref><ref>«[https://www.varden.no/kultur/full-strid-om-ibsens-ettermaele/ Full strid om Ibsens ettermæle]», ''Varden''</ref><ref name="kp">«[https://kulturplot.no/bok/2019/ros-og-ris-for-ibsen-biografien Ros og ris for Ibsen-biografien]», ''Kulturplot''</ref>
Ibsen researcher and director of the Henrik Ibsen Museum in Skien, Jørgen Haave, was critical of the book and argued that it presented a highly misleading image of Ibsen, recycled old myths that had been debunked, contained many errors and misunderstandings, and did not incorporate Ibsen research from the last decade before publication, including the book Familien Ibsen (2017). Haave called the book "a speculative and sloppy story" that "is a depressing setback for Ibsen research," giving "a completely wrong impression of Henrik Ibsen's life and work."<ref>[[Jørgen Haave]], «[https://www.varden.no/meninger/gammelt-oppspinn-i-ny-ibsen-bok/ Gammelt oppspinn i ny Ibsen-bok]», ''Varden'', 29. oktober 2019</ref> According to Haave, the book undermines efforts to document and communicate Ibsen's biography due to its careless use of sources, providing an "uncritical and imprecise" recounting that the author "remembers reading and 'enriches' stories with a good dose of his own invention."<ref>[[Jørgen Haave]]: «[http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_varden_null_null_20191111_144_262_1 To av utallige usannheter]», ''Varden'', 11. november 2019</ref>
A group of genealogists investigated the book's claim that Ibsen fathered a daughter with a thirteen-year-old and demonstrated that the claim was false.<ref>«[https://www.klassekampen.no/article/20191104/ARTICLE/191109987 Avviser Ibsen-historie]», ''Klassekampen'', 4. november 2019</ref>
Ibsen scholar and director of the Ibsen Museum in Oslo, Erik Henning Edvardsen, wrote that "Mørkhagen's attempt to write an Ibsen biography has so far sparked debate around the peculiar idea of opening the possibility that Henrik Ibsen as a 15-year-old could have impregnated a 13-year-old girl. [...] Mørkhagen retrieves all the missteps found in the secondary literature. [...] Small and large blunders follow each other quickly throughout the work. [...] It's incomprehensible that Gyldendal alone trusted the author's judgment and released the work without any quality control from an Ibsen scholar."<ref>[[Erik Henning Edvardsen]], «[http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_klassekampen_null_null_20191107_51_259_1 Mørkhagens 'Løgn og forbandet Digt']», ''Klassekampen'', 7. november 2019, s. 25</ref> Edvardsen wrote that Mørkhagen "exclusively revitalizes outdated errors and has no idea what has happened in Ibsen research since 1977."<ref>[[Erik Henning Edvardsen]], «[http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_klassekampen_null_null_20191109_51_261_1 Ryktesprederen]», ''Klassekampen'', 9. november 2019</ref>
History professor and Ibsen researcher [[Narve Fulsås]] wrote that "Sverre Mørkhagen does not let research or new sources stand in the way of his good story about a suffering Henrik Ibsen. [...] [The book is] primarily a disappointing testimony to the failure of humanistic Ibsen scholarship. Here, everything seems to have bounced off the narrative that Mørkhagen has already decided on."<ref>[[Narve Fulsås]]: «[https://morgenbladet.no/boker/2019/12/stakkars-ibsen Stakkars Ibsen: Sverre Mørkhagen let ikkje forsking eller nye kjelder kome i vegen for si gode historie om ein lidande Henrik Ibsen]», ''Morgenbladet'', 13. desember 2019</ref>
The ''[[Aftenposten]]'' reviewer, literature professor [[Henning Howlid Wærp]], was critical of the book and argued that it lacked a clear purpose: "[Mørkhagen justifies] the biography with the assertion that Ibsen's authorship must not 'end up in the shadow of oblivion.' That is hardly a risk."<ref>[[Henning Howlid Wærp]]: «[https://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/i/VbXRQW/bokanmeldelse-900-sider-om-ibsen-men-til-hvilken-nytte Bokanmeldelse: 900 sider om Ibsen, men til hvilken nytte?]», ''Aftenposten'', 1. november 2019</ref>
Mørkhagen rejected the criticism, stating, "I don't fully agree with the fact dogmatism that characterizes parts of the Ibsen community."<ref>«[https://www.klassekampen.no/article/20191029/ARTICLE/191029974 Slakter teori om Ibsen-barn]», ''Klassekampen'', 29. oktober 2019</ref> In an interview, he said the Ibsen scholars "have decided to bark and snap at me with astonishing rage."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nffo.no/aktuelt/ukas-nffoer/sverre-morkhagen|title=Sverre Mørkhagen|access-date=2020-05-29|first=Sverre Gunnar|last=Haga|publisher=Norsk faglitterær forfatter- og oversetterforening}}</ref> Later, Mørkhagen stated that he and [[Ivo de Figueiredo]] represented "a bolder Ibsen tradition."<ref>[[Sverre Mørkhagen]]: «[https://www.aftenposten.no/meninger...tsatt-ikke-ferdig-utforsket-sverre-moerkhagen Ibsen er fortsatt ikke ferdig utforsket]», ''Aftenposten'', 18. november 2019</ref> Ibsen researcher Ivo de Figueiredo distanced himself from this, stating that "unless you miss more Trump rhetoric in historical writing, it is difficult to see Sverre Mørkhagen's confrontation with Ibsen research's 'fact-based dogmatism' as progress." He agreed with Haave's points but felt the criticism of Mørkhagen's book was so aggressive "you'd think the Brekkeparken Museum was under siege." Figueiredo also noted that Wulfsberg's review of the book "makes you wonder what kind of research standards are upheld at the National Library."<ref>[[Ivo de Figueiredo]]: «[https://www.aftenposten.no/meninger...-dristigere-ibsen-tradisjon-ivo-de-figueiredo Hva bør kjennetegne en ny og dristigere Ibsen-tradisjon?]», ''Aftenposten'', 22. november 2019</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Henrik Ibsen]]
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{{Short description|2019 book about Henrik Ibsen by Sverre Mørkhagen}}
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| name = Ibsen: "… den mærkelige mand"
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'''''Ibsen: "... den mærkelige mand"''''' is a biography of [[Henrik Ibsen]], written by Sverre Mørkhagen and published by [[Gyldendal Norsk Forlag]] in 2019. The book sparked intense debate among Ibsen scholars and the public in 2019. Shortly after its publication, it received a very positive review in ''[[Dagbladet]]'' and was awarded a prize that called the book the "ultimate Ibsen biography." However, later in the fall of 2019, it was heavily criticized by leading Ibsen scholars who argued that the book presented an outdated and inaccurate portrayal of Ibsen, ignored recent Ibsen scholarship, and contained unsustainable conjecture and factual errors.<ref>«[http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_klassekampen_null_null_20191030_51_252_1 Forsvarer Ibsen-biografi]», ''Klassekampen'', 30. oktober 2019 («Den nye biografien ''Ibsen: «... den mærkelige mand»'' [...] har fått skarp kritikk fra flere Ibsen-kjennere»)</ref> [[Jørgen Haave]] and other Ibsen researchers described the book as a setback for the academic study of Henrik Ibsen's life and work, due to its recycling of myths and misunderstandings.
==Content and reception==
The book is a comprehensive biography that aims to present Ibsen's entire life and work. Each chapter is named after a chapter in Ibsen's play ''[[Peer Gynt]]''.
The book was the subject of significant debate among academics in 2019. After its release, it received positive reviews from non-specialists, including a very favorable review by Marius Wulfsberg in Dagbladet, where the book was described as "a masterpiece."<ref>Marius Wulfsberg: «[https://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/fikk-ibsen-barn-med-13-aring/71697849 Fikk Ibsen barn med 13-åring?]», ''Dagbladet'', 13. oktober 2019</ref> That same fall, Mørkhagen received the Riksmål Society's Literature Prize for the book, and the jury described it as "the ultimate Ibsen biography." However, later in the fall, the criticism from academic circles studying Henrik Ibsen's life and work grew stronger.<ref>[https://bergenbibliotek.no/arrangement/ibsen-den-maerkelige-mand Ibsen: «... den mærkelige mand»]</ref><ref>«[https://www.varden.no/kultur/full-strid-om-ibsens-ettermaele/ Full strid om Ibsens ettermæle]», ''Varden''</ref><ref name="kp">«[https://kulturplot.no/bok/2019/ros-og-ris-for-ibsen-biografien Ros og ris for Ibsen-biografien]», ''Kulturplot''</ref>
Ibsen researcher and director of the Henrik Ibsen Museum in Skien, Jørgen Haave, was critical of the book and argued that it presented a highly misleading image of Ibsen, recycled old myths that had been debunked, contained many errors and misunderstandings, and did not incorporate Ibsen research from the last decade before publication, including the book Familien Ibsen (2017). Haave called the book "a speculative and sloppy story" that "is a depressing setback for Ibsen research," giving "a completely wrong impression of Henrik Ibsen's life and work."<ref>[[Jørgen Haave]], «[https://www.varden.no/meninger/gammelt-oppspinn-i-ny-ibsen-bok/ Gammelt oppspinn i ny Ibsen-bok]», ''Varden'', 29. oktober 2019</ref> According to Haave, the book undermines efforts to document and communicate Ibsen's biography due to its careless use of sources, providing an "uncritical and imprecise" recounting that the author "remembers reading and 'enriches' stories with a good dose of his own invention."<ref>[[Jørgen Haave]]: «[http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_varden_null_null_20191111_144_262_1 To av utallige usannheter]», ''Varden'', 11. november 2019</ref>
A group of genealogists investigated the book's claim that Ibsen fathered a daughter with a thirteen-year-old and demonstrated that the claim was false.<ref>«[https://www.klassekampen.no/article/20191104/ARTICLE/191109987 Avviser Ibsen-historie]», ''Klassekampen'', 4. november 2019</ref>
Ibsen scholar and director of the Ibsen Museum in Oslo, Erik Henning Edvardsen, wrote that "Mørkhagen's attempt to write an Ibsen biography has so far sparked debate around the peculiar idea of opening the possibility that Henrik Ibsen as a 15-year-old could have impregnated a 13-year-old girl. [...] Mørkhagen retrieves all the missteps found in the secondary literature. [...] Small and large blunders follow each other quickly throughout the work. [...] It's incomprehensible that Gyldendal alone trusted the author's judgment and released the work without any quality control from an Ibsen scholar."<ref>[[Erik Henning Edvardsen]], «[http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_klassekampen_null_null_20191107_51_259_1 Mørkhagens 'Løgn og forbandet Digt']», ''Klassekampen'', 7. november 2019, s. 25</ref> Edvardsen wrote that Mørkhagen "exclusively revitalizes outdated errors and has no idea what has happened in Ibsen research since 1977."<ref>[[Erik Henning Edvardsen]], «[http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_klassekampen_null_null_20191109_51_261_1 Ryktesprederen]», ''Klassekampen'', 9. november 2019</ref>
History professor and Ibsen researcher [[Narve Fulsås]] wrote that "Sverre Mørkhagen does not let research or new sources stand in the way of his good story about a suffering Henrik Ibsen. [...] [The book is] primarily a disappointing testimony to the failure of humanistic Ibsen scholarship. Here, everything seems to have bounced off the narrative that Mørkhagen has already decided on."<ref>[[Narve Fulsås]]: «[https://morgenbladet.no/boker/2019/12/stakkars-ibsen Stakkars Ibsen: Sverre Mørkhagen let ikkje forsking eller nye kjelder kome i vegen for si gode historie om ein lidande Henrik Ibsen]», ''Morgenbladet'', 13. desember 2019</ref>
The ''[[Aftenposten]]'' reviewer, literature professor [[Henning Howlid Wærp]], was critical of the book and argued that it lacked a clear purpose: "[Mørkhagen justifies] the biography with the assertion that Ibsen's authorship must not 'end up in the shadow of oblivion.' That is hardly a risk."<ref>[[Henning Howlid Wærp]]: «[https://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/i/VbXRQW/bokanmeldelse-900-sider-om-ibsen-men-til-hvilken-nytte Bokanmeldelse: 900 sider om Ibsen, men til hvilken nytte?]», ''Aftenposten'', 1. november 2019</ref>
Mørkhagen rejected the criticism, stating, "I don't fully agree with the fact dogmatism that characterizes parts of the Ibsen community."<ref>«[https://www.klassekampen.no/article/20191029/ARTICLE/191029974 Slakter teori om Ibsen-barn]», ''Klassekampen'', 29. oktober 2019</ref> In an interview, he said the Ibsen scholars "have decided to bark and snap at me with astonishing rage."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nffo.no/aktuelt/ukas-nffoer/sverre-morkhagen|title=Sverre Mørkhagen|access-date=2020-05-29|first=Sverre Gunnar|last=Haga|publisher=Norsk faglitterær forfatter- og oversetterforening}}</ref> Later, Mørkhagen stated that he and [[Ivo de Figueiredo]] represented "a bolder Ibsen tradition."<ref>[[Sverre Mørkhagen]]: «[https://www.aftenposten.no/meninger...tsatt-ikke-ferdig-utforsket-sverre-moerkhagen Ibsen er fortsatt ikke ferdig utforsket]», ''Aftenposten'', 18. november 2019</ref> Ibsen researcher Ivo de Figueiredo distanced himself from this, stating that "unless you miss more Trump rhetoric in historical writing, it is difficult to see Sverre Mørkhagen's confrontation with Ibsen research's 'fact-based dogmatism' as progress." He agreed with Haave's points but felt the criticism of Mørkhagen's book was so aggressive "you'd think the Brekkeparken Museum was under siege." Figueiredo also noted that Wulfsberg's review of the book "makes you wonder what kind of research standards are upheld at the National Library."<ref>[[Ivo de Figueiredo]]: «[https://www.aftenposten.no/meninger...-dristigere-ibsen-tradisjon-ivo-de-figueiredo Hva bør kjennetegne en ny og dristigere Ibsen-tradisjon?]», ''Aftenposten'', 22. november 2019</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Authority control}}
[[Category:Henrik Ibsen]]
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