ISBN10: 0485115522, ISBN13: 9780485115529, [publisher: The Athlone Press, London NW1] Hardcover First Edition First impression of the true first edition. Illustrated with black and white photographs. ***Fine in dark blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to spine. Spine tight. No inscriptions. Pages clean and bright. ***In a fine colour illustrated dustwrapper. No tears. No fading. Dustwrapper bright and crisp. 224mm x 144mm. xii-prelim-pages including preface by the author plus 202 pages including notes, selected bibliography and index to rear. ***Contents: Preface; Introduction; The World of the Senses; The Return; The Chamber Plays: Storm; The Burnt House; The Ghost Sonata; The Pelican; Notes; Bibliography; Index. ***'Dr. Eckman considers Strindberg's four Chamber Plays of 1907: Storm, The Burned House, The Ghost Sonata and The Pelican, the works which have gained most interest internationally. For the first time, these works are studied in relation to Strindberg's lifelong obsession with the five senses, and the fact that impressions from a stage can only be seen and heard. This brought Strindberg to disregard the senses in favour of wisdom and an inner vision; and it is for this position that the Chamber Plays are written. ***Dr Ekman is Assistant Professor of Literature at Uppsala University. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Strindberg's Collected Works and Strindberg's Letters, and is a former Vice President of the ...
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