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  1. Strindberg and the quest for sacred theatre
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  Rodopi, Amsterdam [u.a.] ; EBSCO Industries, Inc., Birmingham, AL, USA

    Bibliothek der Hochschule Mainz, Untergeschoss
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9789042028487; 9042028483
    Series: Consciousness, literature & the arts ; 26
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (195 pages)
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    Includes bibliographical references

  2. Strindberg and the quest for sacred theatre
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  Rodopi, Amsterdam

    Preliminary Material -- A Note on Strindberg Texts -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Salvation and Subversion in To Damascus -- Incarnation and Liberation in A Dream Play -- Illusion and the Void in four Chamber Plays -- The Reversal of Dante in... more

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    Hochschule Aalen, Bibliothek
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    Hochschule Esslingen, Bibliothek
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    Saarländische Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek
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    Universitätsbibliothek der Eberhard Karls Universität
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    Preliminary Material -- A Note on Strindberg Texts -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Salvation and Subversion in To Damascus -- Incarnation and Liberation in A Dream Play -- Illusion and the Void in four Chamber Plays -- The Reversal of Dante in The Great Highway -- Conclusion -- Kierkegaard, Brand and Master Olof -- Bibliography. Strindberg and the Quest for Sacred Theatre brings a fresh perspective to the study of Sweden’s great playwright. August Strindberg (1849-1912) anticipated most of the major developments in European theatre over the last century. As such he is well-placed to provide perspectives on the current burgeoning interest in sacred theatre. The religious crises of the 19th Century provoked in Strindberg both sharp scepticism about claims to religious authority and a visionary search for truth. Against the backdrop of a major change in European culture this book traces the emergence in some of Strindberg’s late plays of a proto-sacred-theatre. It argues that Strindberg faced the alternatives of a contentless transcendent abyss, threatening the extinction of his ego, or a retreat into conservative theism, reducing him to slavish submission to the commandments and rule of an external father-God. Weaving together theatrical, aesthetic, and theological voices, this book investigates the relationship of the sacred to subjectivity and its implications for Strindberg’s dramaturgy. In doing so it always keeps in view the sense both of loss and opportunity engendered by a turning point in the western experience of the sacred

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9789042028487; 9042028483
    Series: Consciousness, literature & the arts 1573-2193 ; 26
    Consciousness, literature & the arts ; 26
    Subjects: Religious drama; Religious drama; Religious drama; LITERARY CRITICISM ; European ; Scandinavian; Religious drama; Criticism, interpretation, etc
    Other subjects: Strindberg, August 1849-1912; Strindberg, August (1849-1912); Strindberg, August (1849-1912); Strindberg, August
    Scope: Online Ressource (195 p.)
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    Includes bibliographical references. - Description based on print version record

  3. Strindberg and the quest for sacred theatre
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  Rodopi, Amsterdam

    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Hochschulbibliothek, Standort Weiden
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9042028483; 9789042028487
    Series: Consciousness, literature & the arts ; 26
    Subjects: LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Scandinavian; Religious drama; Religious drama; Drama; Das Religiöse
    Other subjects: Strindberg, August / 1849-1912; Strindberg, August / 1849-1912; Strindberg, August (1849-1912); Strindberg, August (1849-1912)
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (195 p.)
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references