Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-183) and index.

August Strindberg : the art and science of self-dramatization / Linda Haverty Rugg -- Strindberg and the woman question / Margaretha Fahlgren -- Learning to speak : Strindberg and the novel / Ulf Olsson -- Between realism and modernism : the modernity of Strindberg's autobiographical writings / Per Stounbjerg -- Miss Julie, naturalism, 'The battle of the brains,' and sexual desire / Ross Shideler -- Strindberg and comedy / Hans-Goran Ekman -- Crisis and change : Strindberg the unconscious modernist / G�oran Stockenstrom -- A modernist dramaturgy / Eszter Szalczer -- The chamber plays / Lynn R. Wilkinson -- The history plays / Matthew H. Wikander -- Strindberg in the theatre / Frederick J. Marker and Lise-Lone Marker -- Bergman's Strindberg / Egil Tornqvist -- Strindberg and modern drama : some lines of influence / Freddie Rokem.