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August Strindberg: Selected Essays
Hardback
Main Details
Title |
August Strindberg: Selected Essays
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) August Strindberg
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Edited and translated by Michael Robinson
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Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:298 | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152 |
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Category/Genre | Drama |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780521563758
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Classifications | Dewey:839.746 |
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Audience | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date |
28 October 1996 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
This is the first fully-edited translation of a series of essays by the great Swedish dramatist August Strindberg. The essays, edited and translated by Michael Robinson, have been selected for the light they shed, both directly and indirectly, on Strindberg's contribution to the European theatre, firstly in such masterpieces of psychological realism as The Father and Miss Julie, and subsequently in those works, including A Dream Play and The Ghost Sonata with which he largely established a basis for theatrical modernism. Together with the accompanying notes and commentary, these essays on psychology, history, painting, natural history and alchemy as well as the theatre, help to clarify the multifaceted nature of Strindberg's project. Idiosyncratic and lively, they offer crucial insights into the intellectual history of the late nineteenth century. Winner of the George Bernard Shaw prize for translation.
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