August strindbergs bäste vän

AUGUST STRINDBERG &#;

A  photograph of Strindberg, taken during his last walk in April of , shows a dark figure surrounded by whirling snow. His face is in shadow, almost blank. The expression changes: a sick, introspective old man, an aggressive hunter, an elder reconciled with the world.
Compare that picture with one from the same month in It shows a somewhat effeminate, elegant young man who, with eyes wide open, stares determinedly at something slightly beyond the camera.
The two pictures span a writing career encompassing close to seventy volumes and more than ten thousand letters. The images span a life; three marriages, five children, long visits abroad, numerous homes, several court proceedings, innumerable friendships and almost as many severed bonds.

The productive life of Strindberg parallels almost exactly a historical epoch beginning around (the Franco-German War ) and ending dramatically with the beginning of World War I in During that period the industrial revolution culminates in a new world order with the imperialist West dominating world politics. It is the glory days of the bourgeoisie, often symbolized by the British Victorian era. To the her