Title:
|
SELECTED PLAYS, AUGUST STRINDBERG, VOLUME II
|
By: |
Evert Sprinchorn |
Format: |
Paperback |
List price:
|
£21.99 |
Our price: |
£19.79 |
Discount: |
|
You save:
|
£2.20 |
|
|
|
|
ISBN 10: |
0816679746 |
ISBN 13: |
9780816679744 |
Availability: |
Usually dispatched within 1-3 weeks.
Delivery
rates
|
Stock: |
Currently 0 available |
Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS |
Pub. date: |
1 August, 2012 |
Pages: |
468 |
Description: |
Reprint of the 1986 edition, with a new introduction. |
Synopsis: |
This second volume of the great Swedish writer August Strindberg's plays begins with To Damascus I (1898), the first of a trilogy. It mirrors his own departure from the naturalism he had explored in several of his earlier works, as he set forth on a spiritual odyssey. Crimes and Crimes (1899), from the beginning of his symbolist mode, is a lighter take on the themes in To Damascus I. The first of a two-part play, Dance of Death I (1900) depicts a dysfunctional marriage. A Dream Play (1901), which is one of Strindberg's most influential, shows reality converted into a dream; many critics consider it his greatest play. In 1907, Strindberg founded the Intimate Theater in Stockholm; The Ghost Sonata (1907) and The Pelican (1907), which were written for its opening, are two examples of a chamber play, a genre that Strindberg helped to originate. |
Publication: |
US |
Imprint: |
University of Minnesota Press |
Returns: |
Returnable |