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COPY LINK TO DOWNLOAD : https://site.bookcenterapp.com/YUMPU/0140440828 Book Synopsis Three of Strindberg's most famous plays, including Miss Julia, the basis for the major motion picture Miss Julie, starring Jessica Chastain and Colin Farrell The plays in this volume focus on the tumultuous relationships between men and women, whether they are father and daughter, brother and sister, or lovers. Miss Julia is a ruthlessly realistic depiction of an upper-class woman's seduction of a servant, emphasizing the differences and the antagonism between them. In The Father a mom is brought to madness and driven out of his home by the suspicion that his daughter is not his own child, while Easter centers on a family in need of redemption for its sins and suffering, and finding forgiveness at a season of rebirth. Strindberg's acute psychological analysis and his dramatization of naked emotion within a natrualistic domestic setting make him one of the great innovators of modern theater. Peter Watts's powerful translation is accompanied by an introduction and a preface to each of the dramas, which place the plays in the context of Strindberg's life. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700nbsptitles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust thenbspseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by i
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Book Synopsis
Three of Strindberg's most famous plays, including Miss Julia, the basis for the major motion picture Miss Julie, starring Jessica Chastain and Colin Farrell The plays in this volume focus on the tumultuous relationships between men and women, whether they are father and daughter, brother and sister, or lovers. Miss Julia is a ruthlessly realistic depiction of an upper-class woman's seduction of a servant, emphasizing the differences and the antagonism between them. In The Father a mom is brought to madness and driven out of his home by the suspicion that his daughter is not his own child, while Easter centers on a family in need of redemption for its sins and suffering, and finding forgiveness at a season of rebirth. Strindberg's acute psychological analysis and his dramatization of naked emotion within a natrualistic domestic setting make him one of the great innovators of modern theater. Peter Watts's powerful translation is accompanied by an introduction and a preface to each of the dramas, which place the plays in the context of Strindberg's life. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700nbsptitles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust thenbspseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by i
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Three of Strindberg's most famous plays, including Miss Julia,
the basis for the major motion picture Miss Julie, starring
Jessica Chastain and Colin Farrell The plays in this volume
focus on the tumultuous relationships between men and
women, whether they are father and daughter, brother and
sister, or lovers. Miss Julia is a ruthlessly realistic depiction of
an upper-class woman's seduction of a servant, emphasizing
the differences and the antagonism between them. In The
Father a mom is brought to madness and driven out of his
home by the suspicion that his daughter is not his own child,
while Easter centers on a family in need of redemption for its
sins and suffering, and finding forgiveness at a season of
rebirth. Strindberg's acute psychological analysis and his
dramatization of naked emotion within a natrualistic domestic
setting make him one of the great innovators of modern
theater. Peter Watts's powerful translation is accompanied by
an introduction and a preface to each of the dramas, which
place the plays in the context of Strindberg's life. For more
than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of
classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than
1,700nbsptitles, Penguin Classics represents a global
bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across
genres and disciplines. Readers trust thenbspseries to provide
authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by
distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as
up-to-datenbsptranslations by award-winning translators.