This guide lists selected sources for library criticism of "A Doll's House (Et dukkehjem)" by Henrik Ibsen.

Reference Books

• Masterplots, Revised Second Edition (Ref PN 44 .M33) Volume(s):
  • 3: 1768-71
• Drama Criticism (Ref PN 1601 .D59) Volume(s):
  • 2: 283, 290, 292-309, 312-16, 329, 331, 337
• Drama for Students (Ref PN 1701 .D73) Volume(s):
  • 1: 106-22
• Twentieth Century Literary Criticism (Ref PN 771 .T86) Volume(s):
  • 2: 223-26, 228-30, 233, 235, 237, 240-41
  • 8: 143, 146-48, 150-53
  • 16: 154, 156, 169, 175, 187, 189
  • 37: 219-64
  • 52: 143, 155, 158, 162, 184, 191

General Collection Books (may be checked out)

Note; Reference provide author, title, and call number location only.

• Adams, Robert. Strains of Discord: Studies in Literary Openness. (PN 511 .A43 (pp. 34-51)
• Bloom, Harold, ed. Henrik Ibsen. (PT 8895 .H43 1999)
• Brandes, Georg Morris Cohen. Creative Spirits of the Nineteenth Century. (PN 766 .B6 1967) See chapter on Ibsen.
• Lucas, F. L. The Drama of Ibsen and Strindberg. (PT 8890 .L78) [A Doll's House, pp. 129-253]
• Readings on 'A Doll's House.' Ed. Hayley Mitchell. (PT 8861 .R43 1999)
• Valency, Maurice. The Flower and the Castle: Introduction to Modern Drama. (PN 1851 .V3) (pp. 149-259)
• Williams, Raymond. Drama from Ibsen to Brecht. (PN 1851 .W5 1968) (pp.47-50)

E-Books

• Blood, Harold, ed. Henrik Ibsen. Bloom's Major Dramatists Series. Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 1999. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost).
• Birnbaum, Phyllis. Modern Girls, Shining Stars, the Skies of Tokyo: 5 Japanese Women. New York: Columbia UP, 1999. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost).
• Egan, Michael, ed. Henrik Ibsen. London: Routledge, 1972 [2003]. ebrary
• Hull, Mary. Censorship in America: A Reference Handbook. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost).
• Ibsen, Henrik. A Doll's House: A Play. Full text available at Project Gutenberg: http:www.gutenberg.org/etext/2542.
• Innes, Christopher, ed. A Sourcebook on Naturalist Theatre. London: Routledge. ebrary. [A Doll's House, pp. 78-83]
• Schultz, Nancy Lusignan. Fear Itself: Enemies Real & Imagined in American Culture. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue UP, 1999. netLibrary
• Sturman, Marianne. Ibsen's Ghosts, An Enemy of the People, The Wild Duck. Cliffs Notes. Lincoln, NE: Cliffs Notes, 1965. netLibrary

Online Resources (Reference Articles and Databases)

• Literature Resource Center includes essays reproduced from Drama for Students and Twentieth Century Literary Criticism.
• Literature Criticism Online Includes essays reproduced from Drama Criticism.
• Literature Online

Articles

Use periodical databases, such as Academic Search Premier, MasterFILE Premier, JSTOR, for recent journal articles like those posted below.

• Drake, David B. "Ibsen's 'A Doll's House.'" Explicator 53.1 (1994): 32-34. [MasterFILE Premier]
• Ford, Karen. "Social Constraints and Painful Growth in 'A Doll's House.'" Screen Education 37 (2005): 156-58. [Communication & Mass Media Complete]
• Ganz, Arthur. "Miracle and Vine Leaves: An Ibsen Play Rewrought." PMLA 94.1 (1979): 9-21. [JSTOR]
• Otten, Terry. "How Old is Dr. Rank?" (analysis of Henrik Ibsen's 'A Doll's House') Modern Drama 41 (1998): 509+. [Academic Search Premier]
• Redkai, Anne Marie. "The Female Jouissance: An Analysis of Ibsen's 'Et Dukkehjem.'" Scandinavian Studies 74.2 (2002): 149-80. [Literary Reference Center]
• Templeton, Joan. "The Doll House Backlash: Criticism, Feminism, and Ibsen." PMLA 104.1 (1989): 28-40 [JSTOR]

Revised and updated by Sheila Afnan-Manns, Fall, 2008.

Updated by Allison Ringness, Fall, 2012.