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Word: ibsenian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...edge of monotony, yet is continually closing on the climax. For Baako, too, there is a circling. First he approaches nearer and nearer to a knowledge of what lies at his center of being. Then he is literally and figuratively encircled by others like a mad dog. In an Ibsenian ending, when he finds his truth he is left alone at its center, insane in the eyes of everyone around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Is Blindness Best? | 2/2/1970 | See Source »

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