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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777880103321

Titolo

Strindberg's dramaturgy / / Göran Stockenström, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 1988

©1988

ISBN

0-8166-0007-4

1-4294-6262-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxii, 375 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Nordic series ; ; v. 16

Altri autori (Persone)

StockenströmGöran

Disciplina

839.7/26

Soggetti

Swedish literature - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; PART I. Strindberg's Dramas: Historical Dimensions; PART II. Strindberg in the Modern Theater: Dramatic Form and Discourse; PART III. The Naturalistic or Supernaturalistic Plays: Dramatic Discourse and Stagings; PART IV. The Dream Plays: Dramatic Discourse and Stagings; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The contributors to ""Strindberg's Dramaturgy"" - an international group of scholars, critics and directors - explore this complex pattern of signification or meaning in both his dramatic discourse and the actual staging of the plays. Their aim is to better understand Strindberg's impact on 20th century theatre from this dual point; the dialetic tension between text and stage characterizes every chapter in the book. Structured in four parts, the book opens with several essays that establish for Strindberg a historical context reaching beyond theatre - his place in Western humanism, his relatio