Strindberg [Paperback]

Originally published in paperback in 1965, this is an introduction to Strindberg's life and work.Originally published in paperback in 1965, this is an introduction to Strindbergs life and work. Includes biographical chapters by Professor Downs, chapters by Miss Mortensen on Strindbergs works and their impact, and two final chapters dealing with Strindbergs directly autobiographical works, his poetry, criticism and correspondence.Originally published in paperback in 1965, this is an introduction to Strindbergs life and work. Includes biographical chapters by Professor Downs, chapters by Miss Mortensen on Strindbergs works and their impact, and two final chapters dealing with Strindbergs directly autobiographical works, his poetry, criticism and correspondence.Originally published in 1949, and reprinted as a paperback in 1965, this is an introduction to Strindberg's life and work. In the biographical chapters, Professor Downs reveals Strindberg's life of spiritual violence and tragedy and shows how the search to know and to become himself, to recognise in his own life the working of the supernatural, led him to the edge of madness and attempted suicide. Innumerable attempts to bend the supernatural to his will led to three disastrous marriages and in the end to a bitter solitude of suffering. In the second half, Miss Mortensen deals with the plays, the novels and the short stories, showing their impact on Swedish audiences and readers and estimating their place in European literature. The final two chapters deal with the directly autobiographical works, and Strindberg's poetry, criticism and correspondence.Strindberg in 1905; Preface; List of principal works; 1. The life 18491872; 2. The life 18721891; 3. The life 18911897; 4. The life 18971912; 5. The plays; 6. The novels; 7. The short stories; 8. The autobiographical writings; 9. Miscellaneous works; Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index.