| Description |
351 pages |
| Contents |
Creditors -- Crime and crime -- Dance of death -- Swanwhite -- The great highway |
| Summary |
CREDITORS: a tragi-comedy shows a naturalistic, rather ironic view of the corrosive effects of passion. CRIME AND CRIME: a comedy where Strindberg further develops the Swedenborgian view that crime is its own punishment; something of a psychological thriller. DANCE OF DEATH: a drama in two parts where a Captain returns after fifteen years abroad, divorced and robbed of his children. The wife is blamed for the disastrous marriage. SWANWHITE: a fairy play in three acts, it is a treasure-chest full of the truth that lies in fairy tales and brimful of magic and romance. THE GREAT HIGHWAY: a wayfaring drama with seven stations is full of symbolism and imagery; the higher emotional moods are expressed in unrhymed verse, while the scenes in which he satirizes society, its institutions and its successful men are written in witty colloquial dialogue |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Strindberg, August, 1849-1912 -- Translations into English.
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Crime -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Marriage -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Author |
Sprigge, Elizabeth, 1900-1974.
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| LC no. |
60013053 |
| ISBN |
0385095643 |
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9780385095648 |
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