SCOPE: August Strindberg was a short story writer, novelist, and essayist born in Sweden. Strindberg was influenced by the psychological theories of Sigmund Freud and incorporated his theories in his works. In the early 1900’s Strindberg began experimenting with different forms of theater and introduced chamber music as well as secondary characters to his plays. These techniques are used in play productions today, and for that reason Strindberg is considered to be very influential

CIRCULATING BOOKS 

Books of August Strindberg’s works are listed in our on-line catalog under, “Strindberg, August,” and under individual titles.

Books written by and about August Strindberg have the call number(s) PT 9811.A3, PT 9815

Some representative books from the circulating collection are:

Carlson, Harry Gilbert. Out of Inferno: Strindberg’s Reawakening as an Artist. Seattle, Wash: University of Washington Press, 1996.

Lagercrantz, Olof. August Strindberg. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1984.

Meyer, Michael Leverson. Strindberg: A Biography. Oxford: Oxford University 
Press, 1987.

Strindberg, August. Plays from the Cynical Life. Seattle: University of Washington 
Press, 1983.

CRITICAL SOURCES

There are books in the Reference collection that do not circulate, but pages may be photocopied.

The following titles are appropriate to this topic:

PN 6112. S 45 The Crown Guide to the World’s Great Plays 

PN 771.E5 1997 Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century 

PN 451.E53 2003 Encyclopedia of World Writers 19th and 20th Centuries

PERIODICALS, JOURNALS, & TRADE PUBLICATIONS

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Updated 08/16/2007