Twelve Major Plays
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Cuttle Fish
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Elizabeth Sprigge
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expressionist drama
Fine Day
gender studies in literature
Human Suffering
Indra's Daughter
Indra’s Daughter
Miss Julie
modern theater history
Officer Enters
Pole Star
psychological conflict in stage plays
Quarantine Station
Round Room
Scandinavian literature
Shakespearian modern dramatist
Siri Von Essen
spiritual conflicts
Strindberg plays
Superb
symbolic verse analysis
Water Falls
Young King
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9781138539969
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 22 Sep 2017
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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August Strindberg is one of the founders of the modern theater. George Bernard Shaw considered him "the only genuinely Shakespearian modern dramatist," Sean O'Casey called him "the greatest of them all." And to Eugene O'Neill he was "the greatest interpreter in the theater of the characteristic spiritual conflicts of our lives today." Twelve Major Plays includes the most famous and most characteristic Strindberg plays.This selection is particularly interesting in its depiction of the great range of Strindberg's moods and styles, from naturalism to expressionism, from ironic comedy to bitter tragedy. It displays his great gift for symbolic, mystical verse as well as his command of dramatic prose. In issues of sex and gender, Strindberg anticipated the modern temperament in society and drama alike.These translations gave American readers their first opportunity to know the true genius of Strindberg. Most previous versions in English had been based on existing German translations. Elizabeth Sprigge's unique achievement was to render the original Swedish texts into English that is at once fluent and accurate and that captures the full vigor and impact of the original plays.
