Strindberg and Autobiography: Writing and Reading a Life (Series a (Norvik Press))

In this difficult but rewarding study Robinson examines not only the explicit autobiographical texts but also a wide range of Strindberg's other works, for central to Robinson's thesis is an examination of the literariness of writing in general and of autobiography in particular. He is especially perceptive in his discussions of the shifts in the intellectual climate that formed the various stages in Strindberg's life: naturalism, psycology, philosophy, religion, attitudes to marriage, to women-the student of Strindberg is in his debt.""-New Comparison