The Poetical Works of Henry Kirk White

By White, Henry Kirk

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Title:	The Poetical Works of Henry Kirk White
Author:	White, Henry Kirk
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature, Literature & thought, Writing.
Collections:	Classic Literature Collection, Blackmask Online Collection
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Publisher:	Blackmask Online


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Excerpt
Introduction: Strindberg?s great trilogy The Road to Damascus presents many mysteries to the uninitiated. Its peculiar changes of mood, its gallery of half unreal characters, its bizarre episodes combine to make it a bewilderingly rich but rather ?difficult? work. It cannot be recommended to the lover of light drama or the seeker of momentary distraction. The Road to Damascus does not deal with the superficial strata of human life, but probes into those depths where the problems of God, and death, and eternity become terrifying realities. Many authors have, of course, dealt with the profoundest problems of humanity without, on that account, having been able to evoke our interest. There may have been too much philosophy and too little art in the presentation of the subject, too little reality and too much soaring into the heights. That is not so with Strindberg?s drama. It is a trenchant settling of accounts between a complex and fascinating individual?the author?and his past, and the realistic scenes have often been transplanted in detail from his own changeful life. In order fully to understand The Road to Damascus it is therefore essential to know at least the most important features of that background of real life, out of which the drama has grown.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: The Road to Damascus, 1 -- August Strindberg, 1 -- Introduction, 2 -- PART I, 8 -- Scene I. STREET CORNER, 9 -- Scene II. DOCTOR'S HOUSE, 19 -- Scene III. ROOM IN AN HOTEL, 25 -- Scene IV. BY THE SEA, 28 -- Scene V. ON THE ROAD, 32 -- Scene VI. IN A RAVINE, 33 -- Scene VII. IN A KITCHEN, 34 -- Scene VIII. THE 'ROSE' ROOM, 39 -- Scene IX. CONVENT, 42 -- Scene X. THE 'ROSE' ROOM, 46 -- Scene XI. IN THE KITCHEN, 50 -- Scene XII. IN THE RAVINE, 53 -- Scene XIII. ON THE ROAD, 53 -- Scene XIV. BY THE SEA, 55 -- Scene XV. ROOM IN AN HOTEL, 57 -- Scene XVI. THE DOCTOR'S HOUSE, 59 -- Scene XVII. A STREET CORNER, 61 -- PART II, 63 -- Act I. OUTSIDE THE HOUSE, 63 -- Act II, 74 -- Scene I. LABORATORY, 74 -- Scene II. THE 'ROSE' ROOM, 80 -- Act III, 82 -- Scene I. THE BANQUETING HALL, 82 -- Scene II. PRISON CELL, 88 -- Scene III. THE 'ROSE' ROOM, 91 -- Act IV, 94 -- Scene I. BANQUETING HALL, 94 -- Scene II. IN A RAVINE, 100 -- Scene III. THE 'ROSE' ROOM, 102 -- PART III, 106 -- Act I. ON THE RIVER BANK, 107 -- Act II. CROSS?ROADS IN THE MOUNTAINS, 119 -- Act III, 131 -- Scene I. TERRACE ON THE MOUNTAIN, 131 -- Scene II. ROCKY LANDSCAPE ON THE MOUNTAIN, 136 -- Scene III. A SMALL HOUSE ON THE MOUNTAIN, 139 -- Act IV, 151 -- Scene I. Chapter HOUSE OF THE MONASTERY, 151 -- Scene II. PICTURE GALLERY OF THE MONASTERY, 155 -- Scene III. CHAPEL OF THE MONASTERY, 158 -- The Road to Damascus -- i