Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 44025-h.htm or 44025-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/44025/44025-h/44025-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/44025/44025-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through the Google Books Library Project. See http://www.google.com/books?id=j8ZMAAAAMAAJ AUGUST STRINDBERG THE SPIRIT OF REVOLT Studies and Impressions by L. LIND-AF-HAGEBY New York D. Appleton and Company MCMXIII CONTENTS INTRODUCTION. THE RIDDLE I. THE STRUGGLE WITH ENVIRONMENT II. THE STRUGGLE FOR SELF-EXPRESSION III. "FERMENTATION TIME" IV. THE DRAMA OF THE HERETIC V. MARRIED AND BLASPHEMOUS. VI. THE ARTIST. VII. SELF-TORMENTOR AND VISIONARY. VIII. The Theatre of Life STRINDBERG'S CHIEF WRITINGS INDEX [Illustration: August Strindberg--Bust by Carl Eldh.] LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS August Strindberg. From a Bust by Carl Eldh.... Frontispiece Strindberg's Parents August Strindberg (1862 and 1870) August Strindberg. From Statue by Carl Eldh August Strindberg (1884) August Strindberg (1884 and 1897) August Strindberg. From Bust by Max Levi, 1893 August Strindberg. From Bust by Agnes Kjellberg Frumerie, 1896 August Strindberg. From Portrait in Oil by Chr. Krogh, 1893 August Strindberg. From Portrait in Oil by Richard Bergh, 1906 August Strindberg (1904 and 1906) August Strindberg (1906 and 1907) August Strindberg (1902). In His Home in Stockholm (1908) August Strindberg. From Bust by K.I. Eldh. Bought by the Swedish State. In the National Museum, Stockholm August Strindberg. From Portrait by Carl Larsson, 1899. In the National Museum, Stockholm Strindberg in His Library in the Blue Tower. His Last Home Strindberg in His Study (1911) The Strindberg-Theatre in Stockholm Harriet Bosse. Strindberg's third Wife as Biskra in Samum, 1902. Anne-Marie Bosse-Strindberg. Strindberg's only child by his third marriage Strindberg's Funeral (May 19th, 1913) Trades-Unions and Undergraduates in Procession AUGUST STRINDBERG THE SPIRIT OF REVOLT INTRODUCTION THE RIDDLE There have been few dispassionate attempts to discern August Strindberg's place in contemporary literature. His writings and his personality defied ordinary criticism.