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The Social Significance of the Modern Drama
Emma Goldman
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Critics have pronounced "The Father" an aberration of Strindberg's mind, utterly false and distorted. But that is because they hate to face the truth. In Strindberg, however, the truth is his most revolutionary significance.
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"The Father" contains two basic truths. Motherhood, much praised, poetized, and hailed as a wonderful thing, is in reality very often the greatest deterrent influence in the life of the child. Because it is not primarily concerned with the potentialities of character and growth of the child; on the contrary, it is interested chiefly in the birthgiver,—that is, the mother. Therefore, the mother is the most subjective, self-centered and conservative obstacle. She binds the child to herself with a thousand threads which never grant sufficient freedom for mental and spiritua. . . Read More
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4 1/4 stars
Goldman's thoughts on modern drama! I found this years ago and recently had the chance to finish it. She looks at different dramas in different countries and critiques them looking for revolutionary idealism or social reality. I really got into some of the plays she talks about and others not so muc
The first chapter of this book is great, and has some really insightful comments about the value and role of art in terms of social change and revolution. There are some nice insights peppered through the rest of the book, but it is mainly lengthy excerpts from what look like absolutely terrible pla