An idealist's insistence on absolute truth shatters a family living on comforting illusions. Ibsen's tragicomedy of the 'life-lie.'
Books mentioned in The Wild Duck (1)
Harrison's History of London: “There’s one great book, called “Harryson’s History of London;” it must be a hundred years old; and there are such an enormous lot of pictures in it.”
Books that mention The Wild Duck (2)
In God's Way by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson: “His eyes now fell on "Vildanden" by Henrik Ibsen.”
The Awkward Age by Henry James: “Ibsen is in fact wonderfully a case in point, since from the moment he's clear, from the moment he's'amusing,' it's on the footing of a thesis as simple and superficial as that of'A Doll's House'--while from the moment he's by apparent intention comprehensive and searching it's on the footing of an effect as confused and obscure as'The…”