Inferno

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Inferno is an autobiographical novel by August Strindberg that chronicles his psychological crisis, occult obsessions, and descent into paranoia during his years in Paris.

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instanceOf autobiographical novel
novel
author August Strindberg
countryOfOrigin Sweden
describes Strindberg’s experiments with alchemy
Strindberg’s interest in occult sciences
feelings of persecution
hallucinatory experiences
religious visions
firstPublisher Albert Bonniers Förlag
linked to: Bonnier Group
followedBy Legends
follows The Son of a Servant
genre autobiographical fiction
occult fiction
psychological novel
hasAutobiographicalBasis Strindberg’s life in Paris
Strindberg’s mental breakdown
hasForm prose
hasTheme alchemy
artistic crisis
esotericism
guilt
madness
marital breakdown
persecution mania
redemption
science and religion
influenced 20th-century psychological literature
surrealist writers
literaryMovement Fin de siècle literature
linked to: Fin de siècle

Modernism precursor
mainSubject mysticism
occultism
paranoia
psychological crisis
religious conversion
narrativePerspective first-person
notableCharacter Dr. Krafft-Ebing
originalLanguage Swedish
partOf Strindberg’s autobiographical cycle
protagonist August Strindberg
publicationYear 1897
settingLocation Austria
Paris
Sweden
timePeriodDescribed 1890s
titleLanguage Latin
titleMeaning Hell

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Comedìa hasPart Inferno