CRITICISM

Brater, Enoch. “Play Strindberg and the Theater of Adaptation.” Comparative Drama 16, no. 1 (spring 1982): 12-25.

Describes a creative theatrical adaptation of The Dance of Death originally produced in Germany by Friedrich Dürrenmatt.

Bryant-Bertail, Sarah. “The Tower of Babel: Space and Movement in The Ghost Sonata.” In Strindberg's Dramaturgy, edited by Göran Stockenström, pp. 303-15. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1988.

Explores of the use of space as written into The Ghost Sonata.

Dahlbäback, Kerstin. “Kristina and Strindberg's Letters and Diary.” Scandinavian Studies 62, no. 1 (winter 1990): 108-15.

Parallels Strindberg's writing of Kristina with events in his personal life as evidenced by letters written to his third wife, Harriet Bosse, and entries in his diary made during that time.

Erickson, Jon. “The Mise en Scène of the Non-Euclidean Character: Wellman, Jenkin and Strindberg.” Modern Drama 16, no. 3 (fall 1998): 355-70.

Examines the evolution of character development and mise en scène according to the theory of Mac Wellman as exhibited in the work of Len Jenkin with the assertion that Strindberg was the formal precursor of this theory.

Luyat-Moore, Anne. “The Swedish Connection to Victory and Chance.” Conradiana: A Journal of Joseph Conrad Studies 18, no. 3 (1986): 219-23.

Considers the relationship between the two characters named Heyst in Strindberg's play Påsk and Joseph Conrad's novel Victory.

Meidal, Bjön. “A Strindberg Forgery: Carl Öhman's August Strindberg and the Origin of Scenic Expressionism.” Scandinavica: An International Journal of Scandinavian Studies 34, no. 1 (May 1995): 61-9.

Refutes Carl Öhman's work on Strindberg, claiming that it is based on documents that never existed or are forgeries.

Ofrat, Gideon. “The Structure of Ritual and Mythos in the Naturalistic Plays of August Strindberg.” Theatre Research International 4, no. 2 (February 1979): 102-17.

Traces the mythological and ritualistic structure in Strindberg's naturalistic plays.

Robinson, Michael. “Finding a New Language: Strindberg and Symbolism.” Scandinavica: An International Journal of Scandinavian Studies 33, no. 2 (November 1994): 201-15.

Examines Strindberg's thoughts about and use of sybolism.

———. “‘Tror Ni, att någon annan kan stryka ut, vad Ni skriver?’: Strindberg Old and New.” Scandinavica: An International Journal of Scandinavian Studies 34, no. 1 (May 1995): 97-118.

Discusses the difference between criticism of Strindberg's works based on his own interpretations and that of the work as it is actually documented.

Roken, Freddie. “The Significance of the Screen-scenes in Strindberg's Fordringsägare.” Scandinavica: An International Journal of Scandinavian Studies 34, no. 1 (May 1995): 37-60.

Dissects Fordringsägare into its scenic structure.

Additional coverage of Strindberg's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: Contemporary Authors, Vols. 104, 135; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 259; DISCovering Authors; DISCovering Authors: British Edition; DISCovering Authors: Canadian Edition; DISCovering Authors Modules: Dramatists and Most-studied Authors; DISCovering Authors 3.0; Drama for Students, Vols. 4, 9; European Writers, Vol. 7; International Dictionary of Theatre: Playwrights; Literature Resource Center; Major 20th-Century Writers, Ed. 2; Reference Guide to World Literature, Ed. 2; Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Vols. 1, 8, 21, 47; and World Literature Criticism.