The Cambridge companion to August Strindberg /

The Cambridge companion to August Strindberg / Companion to August Strindberg August Strindberg edited by Michael Robinson, Emeritus Professor of Drama and Scandinavian studies University of East Anglia, Norwich. - xxxvi, 187 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Cambridge companions to authors .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

August Strindberg : the art and science of self-dramatization / Linda Haverty Rugg -- Strindberg and the woman question / Margaretha Fahlgren -- Learning to speak : Strindberg and the novel / Ulf Olsson -- Between realism and modernism : the modernity of Strindberg's autobiographical writings / Per Stounbjerg -- Miss Julie, naturalism, 'The battle of the brains,' and sexual desire / Ross Shideler -- Strindberg and comedy / Hans-Goran Ekman -- Crisis and change : Strindberg the unconscious modernist / Goran Stockenstrom -- A modernist dramaturgy / Eszter Szalczer -- The chamber plays / Lynn R. Wilkinson -- The history plays / Matthew H. Wikander -- Strindberg in the theatre / Frederick J. Marker and Lise-Lone Marker -- Bergman's Strindberg / Egil Tornqvist -- Strindberg and modern drama : some lines of influence / Freddie Rokem.

August Strindberg is one of the most enduring of 19th century dramatists, & also an internationally recognised novelist, autobiographer & painter. This text presents contributions on different aspects of Strindberg's highly colourful life and work, focusing primarily on his most celebrated plays.

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Strindberg, August, 1849-1912 --Criticism and interpretation.



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