Married and other short stories

by August Strindberg

Overview

This book was incredibly shocking at the time it was published, partly because it introduced depictions of sex. Ibsen's play "A Doll's House", was at the time rightfully considered almost sacred in terms of the liberation of women, and his criticism of the play (in this book) invited a storm of fury to rain down on him. His criticisms are in the preface, and so is Strindberg's short story response that he gave the same title, "A Doll's House". His criticism has sharp edges, but whatever is said about Ibsen's play, it arrived on the world stage like a tremendous canon blast.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940163176137
Publisher:	Walrus Books Publisher
Publication date:	06/25/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Johan August Strindberg was a Swedish writer, playwright, and painter. Along with Henrik Ibsen, Søren Kierkegaard, Selma Lagerlöf and Hans Christian Andersen he is arguably the most influential and famous of all Scandinavian authors. Strindberg is known as one of the fathers of modern theatre. His work falls into two major literary movements, Naturalism and Expressionism. He is widely read in Sweden and internationally to this day