The Cambridge Companion to August Strindberg (Cambridge Companions to Literature) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 052160852X ISBN 13: 9780521608527

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

August Strindberg is one of the most enduring of nineteenth-century dramatists, and is also an internationally recognised novelist, autobiographer, and painter. This Companion presents contributions by leading international scholars on different aspects of Strindberg's highly colourful life and work. The essays focus primarily on his most celebrated plays; these include the Naturalist Dramas, The Father and Miss Julie; the experimental dramas with which he created a true modernist theatre - To Damascus and A Dream Play; and the Chamber Plays of 1908 which, like so much of his work, exerted a powerful influence on much later twentieth-century drama. His plays are contextualised for what they contribute both to the history of drama and developments in theatre practice, and other essays clarify the enormous importance to these dramas of his other work, most notably the autobiographical novel Inferno, and his lifelong interest in science, the occult, sexual politics, and the visual arts.

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Book Description

Leading international scholars address the highly colourful life and work of August Strindberg, one of the most enduring of nineteenth-century dramatists. Focussing mainly on his most frequently-performed plays, the Companion also discusses his novels, including the vivid Inferno, his much-publicised hostility to women and his lifelong interest in the occult.

About the Author

Michael Robinson is Professor Emeritus of Drama and Scandinavian Studies at the University of East Anglia, Norwich.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 052160852X
• ISBN 13: 9780521608527
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 226
• Editor: Robinson Michael