{"product_id":"the-cambridge-companion-to-august-strindberg-hardback-9780521846042","title":"The Cambridge Companion to August Strindberg (Hardback) 9780521846042","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to August Strindberg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA collection of essays on the highly colourful life and work of August Strindberg – dramatist, novelist, autobiographer and painter.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael Robinson (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521846042, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 24 September 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e226 pages, 10 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.6 x 1.9 cm, 0.49 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This is a high-calibre, manageable collection of essays.' Laura Silverman, WhatsOnStage.com\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAugust 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eChronology\u003cbr\u003e List of Strindberg's works in Swedish and English\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Biographical and Cultural Context\u003cbr\u003e 1. August Strindberg: the art and science of self-dramatization LINDA HAVERTY RUGG\u003cbr\u003e 2. Strindberg and the woman question MARGARETHA FAHLGREN\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Works: 3. Learning to speak: Strindberg and the novel ULF OLSSON\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Son of a Servant and the autobiographical fictions PER STOUNBJERG\u003cbr\u003e 5. Miss Julie, naturalism, 'The Battle of the Brains', and sexual desire ROSS SHIDELER\u003cbr\u003e 6. Strindberg and comedy HANS-GÖRAN EKMAN\u003cbr\u003e 7. Crisis and change: Strindberg the unconscious modernist GÖRAN STOCKENSTRÖM\u003cbr\u003e 8. A modernist dramaturgy: A Dream Play and The Dance of Death ESZTER SALCZER\u003cbr\u003e 9. The chamber plays LYNN R. WILKINSON\u003cbr\u003e 10. The history plays MATTHEW H. WIKANDER\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Performance and Legacy: 11. Strindberg in the theatre FREDERICK AND LISE-LONE MARKER\u003cbr\u003e 12. Bergman's Strindberg EGIL TÖRNQVIST\u003cbr\u003e 13. Strindberg and modern drama: some lines of influence FREDDIE ROKEM\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literature \u0026amp; literary studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature \u0026amp; literary studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature%20\u0026amp;%20literary%20studies%20%5BD%5D%22\"\u003eD\u003c\/a\u003e], Theatre studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Theatre studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Theatre%20studies%20%5BAN%5D%22\"\u003eAN\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265234030872,"sku":"9780521846042","price":45.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521846042i.jpg?v=1692020839","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-companion-to-august-strindberg-hardback-9780521846042","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}