Table of Contents
Foreword vii
Problems in Naming and Dating x
Munch's Paints and Materials xii
Maps xiv
Family Tree xvi
1 Shy Souls: 1863 and Before 1
2 Never More to Be Parted: 1864-1868 7
3 Growing up in Kristiania: 1869-1875 15
4 The Blood-red Banner: 1876-1877 24
5 Losing Faith: 1878-1881 33
6 'I have decided to become an artist': 1879-1881 34
7 'No more brown sauce': 1881-1885 47
8 A Calculated Seduction: 1885 58
9 A Few Drinks Before Breakfast: 1883-1886 69
10 Soap Art and Soul Art: 1886 79
11 And Virtue is a Sham: 1886-1889 91
12 The Saint-Cloud Manifesto: 1889-1890 108
13 Bizzarro: 1890-1892 122
14 God is Dead. Berlin: 1892-1894 136
15 Memento Mori: 1894-1896 153
16 Magical Assassins: 1896-1900 161
17 The Dance of Life: 1897-1899 176
18 Death and the Maiden: 1899-1901 193
19 The Shooting: 1902 207
20 Self-portrait in Hell: 1903-1908 226
21 The Hideous Face of Insanity: 1907-1909 245
22 The Sun, the Sun: 1909-1916 265
23 Where My Soul Fits in?: 1914-1922 285
24 Degenerate Art: 1922-1940 302
25 Death at the Helm: 1940-1944 318
Notes 329
Select Bibliography 366
Chronology 371
Photograph and Text Credits 375
Index 376