[3] Idun, May, 1912.
[4] Ellen Key's Lifsåskådning och Verksamhet som Författarinna. En undersökning af C.D. af Wirsén.
[5] Kritiker, af C.D. af Wirsén.
[6] August Strindberg. Das Hohe Lied seines Lebens, von Arthur Babillotte.
[7] "Ich halte Strindberg's historische Dramen für das Schwächste was er je geschrieben."
[8] Ord och Bild, No. IX, 1912.
[9] Correspondence.
[10] Amiel's Journal.
[11] Fairhaven and Foulstrand.
[12] Fables and Other Stories.
[13] The reader is referred to the following leading articles: Insurgent Hysteria (March 16th, 1912), The Subjection of Man (July 31st, 1912), and Militant Suffragism (September 24th, 1912).
A uniform edition of Strindberg's collected works is in course of publication by Messrs. Albert Bonnier of Stockholm, who are the owners of the copyright of Strindberg's writings. The following list includes some unpublished works which will now be issued for the first time by Messrs. Bonnier.
In a preface to The Author, one of the autobiographical volumes, Strindberg gave a chronological list of his most important works, and added explanatory remarks. The appended notes embody some of Strindberg's views on his own writings:
| The Freethinker (1) | 1869 |
| Hermione (1) | 1869 |
| In Rome (1) | 1870 |
| The Outlaw (1) | 1871 |
| Master Olof (1) | 1872 |
| The Year 'Forty-Eight' (1) | 1881 |
"In Rome," "The Outlaw," and "Hermione" are classified by Strindberg as "studies."
| From Fjärdingen and Svartbäcken (2) | 1877 |
| The Red Room (3) | 1879 |
| From the Sea (2) | 1880 |
| Here and There (2) | 1880 |
| Old Stockholm | 1880 |
(1) Plays.
(2) Stories.
(3) Novels.
(To be published for the first time in the posthumous edition of Strindberg's Collected Works.)
| The Secret of the Guild (1) | 1880 |
| Sir Bengt's Wife (1) | 1882 |
| The Journey of Lucky Peter (1) | 1883 |
| Studies in the History of Culture (4) | 1881 |
| The Swedish People (4) | 1881-1882 |
| The New Kingdom (5) | 1882 |
| Swedish Destinies and Adventures (Two Volumes) (6) | 1883-1892 |
(4) History.
(5) Satyrical Sketches.
(6) Stories in Historical Setting.
Strindberg defines "The New Kingdom" as a criticism of "The Changeably Permanent."
| Poems in Verse and Prose (7) | 1883 |
| Somnambulistic Nights after Wakeful Days (7) | 1884 |
(7) Poems.
Miscellanea (Likt och Olikt) — Essays: Society under Review.
| From Italy | 1884 |
| Married (Two Volumes) (2) | 1884-1886 |
Strindberg points out that the first volume of "Married" is a defence and glorification of marriage, of home, mother, and child, and that the second part is a criticism.
The Impoundage Journey
An account of the prosecution following upon the publication of "Married." It will now be issued in book-form.
| Real Utopias (2) | 1885 |
Described by Strindberg as positive suggestions in the spirit of Saint-Simonism. REMORSE—"The Peace Story"—is included in this collection.
| The Bondswoman's Son (8) Fermentation Time (8) In the Red Room (8) The Author (8) | 1886-1887 |
| The People of Hemsö (3) | 1887 |
| Fisher folk (3) | 1888 |
(8) Autobiography.
These novels represent the author's emancipation from the bondage of "problems"; Strindberg points out that they are simply descriptions of country life and scenery.
| Sketches of Flowers and Animals | 1888 |
| The Father (1) | 1887 |
| Lady Julie (1) | 1888 |
| Comrades (1) | 1888 |
| Creditors (1) | 1890 |
| Pariah (1) | 1890 |
| Samum (1) | 1890 |
| The Stronger (1) | 1890 |
| Facing Death (1) | 1893 |
| The First Warning (1) | 1893 |
| Debit and Credit (1) | 1893 |
| Mother-Love (1) | 1893 |
| Playing with Fire (1) | 1897 |
| The Link (1) | 1897 |
| Among French Peasants | 1889 |
| Tschandala (2) | 1889 |
| The Island of Bliss (2) | 1890 |
| At the Edge of the Sea (3) | 1890 |
Strindberg remarks that "At the Edge of the Sea" was influenced by Nietzsche, but "the individual succumbs in the struggle for absolute individualism."
| Things Printed and Unprinted (Two Volumes) (9) | 1890-1897 |
(9) Essays.
| The Associations of France and Sweden up to the Present Time | 1891 |
(To be published for the first time in Swedish.)
Strindberg's remark: "Darkness, sorrow, despair, absolute scepticism."
| The Confession of a Fool (10) | 1893 |
(10) Autobiographical Novel.
(A German edition was published in 1893; a French edition in 1894; it will now be published in Swedish.)
| Jardin des plantes (9) Antibarbarus (9) Types and Prototypes (9) | 1892-1898 |
| Inferno (8) | 1897 |
| Legends (8) | 1898 |
| To Damascus I and II (1) | 1898 |
| To Damascus III (1) | 1904 |
| Advent. (1) | 1899 |
"The great crisis at fifty," remarks Strindberg, "revolutions in my mental life, wanderings in the desert, devastation, Hells and Heavens of Swedenborg. Not influenced by Huysmans' "En Route," still less by Peladan, who was then unknown to the author ... but based on personal experiences."
| There are Crimes and Crimes (1) | 1899 |
| The Saga of the Folkungs (1) | 1899 |
| Gustavus Vasa (1) | 1899 |
| Eric XIV (1) | 1899 |
| Gustavus Adolphus (1) | 1900 |
"Light after darkness," writes Strindberg. "New production, with Faith, Hope, and Charity regained--and absolute certainty."
Word-Play and Handicraft (7)
The Conscious Will in the History of the World (12)
A Free Norway[*]
(* To be published for the first time.)
(11) Mediative Autobiography.
(12) Historical.
| Historical Miniatures (2, historical) | 1905 |
| New Swedish Adventures (2, historical) | 1906 |
| Black Flags (3) | 1907 |
| A Blue Book. I, II, III—The Synthetic Philosophy of Strindberg's Life. | 1907-1908 |
(13) Chamber Plays.
"The Great Highway" is a "farewell to life and a self-declaration."
| Hamlet (14) | 1908-1909 |
| Julius Cæsar (14) | |
| Memorandum to the Members of the Intimate Theatre. (14) | |
| Macbeth and Other Plays by Shakespeare (14) | |
| An Open Letter to the Intimate Theatre (14) |
(14) Dramaturgy.
| The Origins of our Mother Tongue (15) | 1910 |
| Biblical Proper Names (15) | 1910 |
| Roots of World-Languages (15) | 1910 |
| Speeches to the Swedish Nation | 1910 |
| The State of the People | 1910 |
| Religious Renaissance | 1910 |
| China and Japan[1] | 1911 |
(15) Philology.
Dr. John Landquist, the editor of the posthumous edition of Strindberg's collected works, has kindly placed the following note on Strindberg's manuscripts at our disposal:
"The MSS., most of which are still in existence, are written with the utmost care in Strindberg's clear and energetic hand, and are often beautifully ornamented. They reflect the neatness and order with which the author surrounded himself, and also the love with which he carried out his work. When writing mediæval drama, Strindberg illuminated his MSS. like a mediæval handwritten manuscript with artistically designed and coloured initial letters, and with miniatures painted by himself--the whole harmonising with the period and surroundings in which the action takes place. On other pages there is interspersed in the writing itself such ornamentation as would correspond to the time and atmosphere of the written work. As a rule he used hand-made Lessebo-paper, and generally made very few alterations. He hardly ever copied out his MSS. In later years he seldom corrected anything when once it had been written down. He did not like to read through his own works after having completed them."
(1) Plays. (2) Stories. (3) Novels. (4) History. (5) Satyrical Sketches. (6) Stories in Historical Setting. (7) Poems. (8) Autobiography (9) Essays. (10) Autobiographical Novel. (11) Meditative Autobiography. (12) Historical. (13) Chamber Plays. (14) Dramaturgy. (15) Philology.
[1] All correspondence relating to the authorisation of translations of Strindberg's works and the rights of performing his plays in England and America should be addressed to Herr Albert Bonnier, of Stockholm. He is now the sole representative of Strindberg's literary executors.