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oapen-20.500.12657-602882024-03-27T14:14:55Z August Strindberg: The Occult Diary Stam, Per Gavel Adams, Ann-Charlotte Engwall, Gunnel Theatre History; Alchemy; Occultism; Letters; Diaries; Biography; August Strindberg thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DN Biography and non-fiction prose thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRY Alternative belief systems::QRYC Eclectic and esoteric religions and belief systems thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATD Theatre studies August Strindberg (1849–1912) kept a diary from February 1896 in Paris until the summer of 1908 in Stockholm. He referred to his diary from this period as his Occult Diary and used it to help him decipher the world as he experienced it. He read and reread his own notations, adding new interpretations, and deleting others. He also drew on the diary as material for creative expression, transforming isolated events and observations into groundbreaking works of literature. The Occult Diary is published here in its entirety in English translation for the first time, in a final revision by Ann-Charlotte Gavel Adams and with an introduction by Per Stam. The Occult Diary is a key resource for international Strindberg scholars and theater professionals and more broadly for scholars focusing on drama, theater history, stage performance, and literary currents at the turn of the previous century. The diary initiates the reader into the writer’s inner world during a crucial transitional period in his personal and literary life. It documents his readings and observations and gives important clues and information about an ongoing process of artistic reorientation. Strindberg was exploring new ways of looking at, interpreting, and writing about nature, science, art, the occult, and his fellow human beings. 2022-12-19T10:58:51Z 2022-12-19T10:58:51Z 2022 book 9789176351963 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/60288 eng Critical Editions in Culture and Aesthetics application/pdf Attribution 4.0 International the-occult-diary.pdf https://doi.org/10.16993/bcb Stockholm University Press 10.16993/bcb 10.16993/bcb 8137467e-e537-45b2-b1c8-94fc2574b729 f84fe16f-0148-4779-84e2-81c66e3e07cd 1286a4ee-cbd7-4645-97e6-bb22a666b4f4 9789176351963 1 652 Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation University of Washington UW open access
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August Strindberg (1849–1912) kept a diary from February 1896 in Paris until the summer of 1908 in Stockholm. He referred to his diary from this period as his Occult Diary and used it to help him decipher the world as he experienced it. He read and reread his own notations, adding new interpretations, and deleting others. He also drew on the diary as material for creative expression, transforming isolated events and observations into groundbreaking works of literature.
The Occult Diary is published here in its entirety in English translation for the first time, in a final revision by Ann-Charlotte Gavel Adams and with an introduction by Per Stam. The Occult Diary is a key resource for international Strindberg scholars and theater professionals and more broadly for scholars focusing on drama, theater history, stage performance, and literary currents at the turn of the previous century. The diary initiates the reader into the writer’s inner world during a crucial transitional period in his personal and literary life. It documents his readings and observations and gives important clues and information about an ongoing process of artistic reorientation. Strindberg was exploring new ways of looking at, interpreting, and writing about nature, science, art, the occult, and his fellow human beings.
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