
Writing Daughters
August Strindberg's Other Voices
Eszter Szalczer(Author)
Norvik Press
Published on 1. December 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-870041-70-6 (ISBN)
Description
In this book, Eszter Szalczer looks at a previously neglected aspect of August Strindberg's life and work: his daughters, both fictional and real, and their relationship to writing - both their father's and their own. In Strindberg's work, father- and daughter-figures often appear intertwined, and the daughters are often seen to be acting roles in their father's narratives. This study explores these roles in detail, and offers parallel readings of the father's stories and those of the daughters in order to create a dialogue between different perspectives. Such readings challenge the conventional authorial voice which singularly 'fathers' the text, and posits writing as a process that extends beyond the limits of the individual literary work. Writing turns into an ongoing dialogue as long as daughters keep being written, and daughters continue to write.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Norwich
United Kingdom
Illustrations
10 b/w photographs
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-870041-70-6 (9781870041706)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Eszter Szalczer is Associate Professor of Theatre at the University at Albany, State University of New York. She has published widely on Strindberg and is a founding member of 'Strindberg New York', created in 1999 to promote knowledge and production of Strindberg's work.
Content
Prologue; Voicing Strategies: Chapter 1 - 'How do you write?'; Chapter 2 - Child Sacrifice; Chapter 3 - 'Now I hear ... a thousand times thousand voices'; Chapter 4 - Ventriloquism and Enactment; Writing Daughters: Chapter 5 - Karin; Chapter 6 - Greta; Chapter 7 - Kerstin; Chapter 8 - Anne-Marie; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography