Edmund Gosse's thorough and renowned biography of Henrik Ibsen, as well as two short essays (by Edward Dowden and James Huneker). Ibsen was the great Norwegian playwright who exerted an enormous influence on 20th-century drama. Leaving his native Norway at the age of 36, he wrote most of his greatest plays in Italy and Germany. These include Peer Gynt, A Doll's House, Hedda Gabler, and many others.