Strindberg: A Biography
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A landmark work of literary biography, Strindberg: A Biography chronicles the turbulent life of August Strindberg, one of Scandinavia's most brilliant and tormented playwrights. Michael Meyer, the celebrated translator and biographer, presents an exhaustive and intimate portrait of the Swedish genius whose groundbreaking plays — from Miss Julie to The Ghost Sonata — forever transformed modern theatre. With the same authoritative and vivid prose that distinguished his acclaimed biography of Ibsen, Meyer uncovers the psychological storms, failed marriages, and bouts of paranoia that both ravaged and fuelled Strindberg's extraordinary creativity. Drawing on a wealth of primary sources, the biography details the full arc of a remarkable career that spanned naturalism, expressionism, and chamber drama, cementing Strindberg's place as a titan of world literature. The result is a definitive, compulsively readable account of a life as dramatic and contradictory as any of its subject's own works.
Author: Michael Meyer
Format: Hardback
Published: 1985, Random House
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Appears intact. No stickers or labels visible.
A landmark work of literary biography, Strindberg: A Biography chronicles the turbulent life of August Strindberg, one of Scandinavia's most brilliant and tormented playwrights. Michael Meyer, the celebrated translator and biographer, presents an exhaustive and intimate portrait of the Swedish genius whose groundbreaking plays — from Miss Julie to The Ghost Sonata — forever transformed modern theatre. With the same authoritative and vivid prose that distinguished his acclaimed biography of Ibsen, Meyer uncovers the psychological storms, failed marriages, and bouts of paranoia that both ravaged and fuelled Strindberg's extraordinary creativity. Drawing on a wealth of primary sources, the biography details the full arc of a remarkable career that spanned naturalism, expressionism, and chamber drama, cementing Strindberg's place as a titan of world literature. The result is a definitive, compulsively readable account of a life as dramatic and contradictory as any of its subject's own works.