The Cambridge companion to August Strindberg
By: edited by Michael Robinson.
Contributors: Robinson, Michael, 1944-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9780521846042
Subjects: Strindberg, August, -- 1849-1912 -- Criticism and interpretation
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: August Strindberg : the art and science of self-dramatization / Linda Haverty Rugg; title: Strindberg and the woman question / Margaretha Fahlgren; title: Learning to speak : Strindberg and the novel / Ulf Olsson; title: The son of a servant and the autobiographical fictions / Per Stounbjerg; title: Miss Julie, naturalism, the battle of the brains, and sexual desire / Ross Shideler; title: Strindberg and comedy / Hans-Goran Ekman; title: Crisis and change : Strindberg the unconscious modernist / Goran Stockenstrom; title: A modernist dramaturgy : A dream play and The dance of death / Eszter Salczer; title: The chamber plays / Lynn R. Wilkinson; title: The history plays / Matthew H. Wikander; title: Strindberg in the theatre / Frederick and Lise-Lone Marker; title: Bergman's Strindberg / Egil Tornqvist; title: Strindberg and modern drama : some lines of influence / Freddie Rokem.