TY - BOOK ID - 134212 TI - Selected essays AU - Strindberg, August AU - Robinson, Michael PY - 1996 SN - 0521563755 0521034418 0511967330 0511554222 0511822235 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Scandinavian literature KW - Strindberg, August, KW - Strindberg, August KW - Strindberg, Johan August KW - Sṭrindberg, A. KW - Sutorintoberuku KW - Strindbergs, Augusts KW - Sṭrindberg, O. KW - Strindberg, Ogust KW - סטאינדבערג, אויגוסט, KW - סטרינבערג, אויגוסט KW - סטרינבערג, אויגוסט, KW - סטרינבערג, אױגוסט KW - סטרינגבערג, אווגוסט, KW - סטרינדבערג, אווגוסט, KW - סטרינדבערג, אויגוסט KW - סטרינדבערג, אויגוסט, KW - סטרינדבערג, אוידוסט KW - סטרינדבערג, אױגוסט, KW - סטרינדבערג, א. KW - סטרינדברג, אבגוסט, KW - סטרינדברג, אוגוסט KW - סטרינדברג, אוגוסט, KW - סטרינדברג, א. KW - סטרנדנערג, אויגוסט KW - Стриндберг, Огуст, KW - Essays KW - Theater KW - Collected papers (Anthologies) KW - Papers, Collected (Anthologies) KW - Prose literature KW - Festschriften UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:134212 AB - This is a 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, while their personal nature draws the reader into an intimate relationship with the writer and his wide range of interests. ER -