{"product_id":"august-strindberg-and-visual-culture-9781501338007","title":"August Strindberg and Visual Culture","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Schroeder \u003c\/b\u003eis William A. Kern Professor in Communications at Rochester Institute of Technology, USA.\u003cb\u003eAnna Westerstahl Stenport\u003c\/b\u003e is Chair and Professor in the School of Modern Languages at Georgia Institute of Technology, USA.\u003cb\u003eEszter Szalczer\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Theatre and Head of History, Literature and Criticism of the Theatre Program at the University at Albany, New York, USA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAugust Strindberg was not only a leading innovator in the modern theatre but also in modern art, in a new visual culture, on stage and on canvas. This highly stimulating book brings together a range of younger researchers, practitioners, artists, and prominent intellectuals to reassess a major literary figure from the perspective of visual theory and art history. * Göran Söderström, Professor Emeritus of Art History, Lund University and Stockholm University, Sweden, head of the Strindberg Museum (1973-1990), and author of Strindbergs måleri (2017) *\u003cbr\u003eThis interdisciplinary collection brings together essays by Strindberg scholars, theater directors, and literary and cultural theorists that explore the interplay between writing, photography, painting, and modernity in Strindberg’s work.  A welcome contribution to Strindberg’s scholarship,\u003ci\u003e August Strindberg and Visual Culture\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the relationship of his work as a whole to visual cultures and different media since the turn of the last century. * Lynne R. Wilkinson, Associate Professor of Germanic Languages, Comparative Literature, and Women's and Gender Studies, University of Texas at Austin, USA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword: An Extraordinary Transdisciplinary Artist \u003ci\u003eDaniel Birnbaum, The Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm, Sweden\u003c\/i\u003e 1. Introduction: Visual Culture, August Strindberg, and The Double Image of Modernity \u003ci\u003eEszter Szalczer, Anna Westerstahl Stenport, and Jonathan Schroeder\u003c\/i\u003e 2. Hands, Dissection, and Embodied Seeing: Strindberg and Munch \u003ci\u003eAllison Morehead, Queen’s University, Canada\u003c\/i\u003e 3. May the Force Be With You”: Strindberg's Paintings \u003ci\u003eArnold Weinstein, Brown University, USA\u003c\/i\u003e 4. Strindberg the Environmentalist? Blood-stained Landscapes and the French Tradition of Nature Painting \u003ci\u003eEszter Szalczer, University at Albany, SUNY, USA\u003c\/i\u003e 5. Ghosts of the Brain Made Real: Anti-theatricality, Visuality, and Disembodiment Across Strindberg’s Late Chamber Media \u003ci\u003eAmy Holzapfel, Williams College, USA\u003c\/i\u003e 6. Méliès’s Dream Film and Strindberg’s Dream Play: Compressing Time and Space \u003ci\u003eScott MacKenzie, Queen’s University, Canada, and Anna Westerståhl Stenport, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA\u003c\/i\u003e 7. Strindberg and the Images of the Stage: A Dramaturg’s Perspective \u003ci\u003eMagnus Florin, The Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm, Sweden\u003c\/i\u003e 8. Staging Strindberg’s \u003ci\u003eA Dream Play: \u003c\/i\u003eA Visual Essay Robert Wilson, Artist and Director 9. Robert Wilson’s Photographic Elements of \u003ci\u003eA Dream Play\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eJonathan Schroeder, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA\u003c\/i\u003e 10. Dream-Playing the Archive: Exploring the 1915-18 Düsseldorf production of \u003ci\u003eA Dream Play\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAstrid von Rosen, University of Gothenburg, Sweden\u003c\/i\u003e 11. Anticipations of the Digital: Dispersing Strindberg \u003ci\u003eBerndt Clavier, Malmö University, Sweden, and Timothy Engström, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA\u003c\/i\u003e 12. Picturing \u003ci\u003eMiss Julie\u003c\/i\u003e: Gender and Visuality in Performance Practice \u003ci\u003eKristina Hagström-Ståhl, Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Art, Sweden\u003c\/i\u003e 13. Strindberg’s Self-Portraits in Context \u003ci\u003eLisa Hostetler, George Eastman Museum, Rochester, New York, USA\u003c\/i\u003e 14. My Strindberg Selfies \u003ci\u003ePierre Guillet de Monthoux, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark\u003c\/i\u003e 15. Scenography, Photography, Cinematography: Strindberg and the Technologies of Visual Representation \u003ci\u003eFreddie Rokem, Tel Aviv University, Israel\u003c\/i\u003e 16. Liv Ullmann’s \u003ci\u003eMiss Julie: \u003c\/i\u003eAn Interview with Reflections Liv Ullmann, Director and Actress","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52084974846295,"sku":"9781501338007","price":130.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501338007.jpg?v=1762207785","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/august-strindberg-and-visual-culture-9781501338007","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}