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The Semiconducting Dictionary (Our Strindberg)

by (author) Natalee Caple

Publisher
ECW Press
Initial publish date
Sep 2010
Category
Canadian, General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550229820
    Publish Date
    Sep 2010
    List Price
    $16.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781554907809
    Publish Date
    Sep 2010
    List Price
    $12.95

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Description

A playful, feminist revisioning of a historical literary figure, this part poetry collection, part biography reimagines August Strindberg?the misanthropic, misogynistic, hotly debated master of modern theater and a contemporary of Ibsen?as a woman playwright living as a man. In mixing prose and poetry of various forms from different historical periods this work presents a loving portrait of Strindberg and Europe in the late 19th century. Capturing the essence of the Enlightenment and the shift in power between the faith of the church and the facts of science, this book highlights the flaws of human nature with a beautiful, loving light.

About the author

NATALEE CAPLE is the author of four books of fiction and two books of poetry, including the novel The Plight of Happy People in an Ordinary World; the short story collection The Heart is its own Reason, which has been optioned for film; the poetry collection A More Tender Ocean, which was nominated for a Gerald Lampert Award; and the novel Mackerel Sky. She lives in St. Catharines, Ontario, where she is a professor at Brock University.

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