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As exponents of idealism are to be mentioned by the side of Rydberg, Count
K. Snoilsky (1841—1903) and C. D. af Wirsén (1842—1912), both Jyrical poets
with great command of form. Snoilsky, known especially by his exquisitely
fashioned sonnets, has reproduced the notes of Rydberg in his patriotic
epic-lyrical songs "Svenska bilder" (Pictures from Swedish history). A religious,
feeling pervades all the poems of Wirsén.
Photo. Bröderna Anderson,
August Strindberg. Stockholm.
At the side of idealism there appeared, from the year 1879, a
naturalistic-tendency. August Strindberg (1849—1912) in his novel "Röda rummet" (The
Red Room) impressed upon literature a new stamp, and thereby gave rise to
violent literary feud. This realism deviates in more than one way from the
realism of contemporary French authors. To Strindberg and to others of his
school the form was of but subordinate significance; the main thing was to
expose the ideas for which they took up arms. Strindberg published a whole
series of brilliant works, such as "Hemsöborna" (The dwellers at Hemsö), a
masterly sketch from the island life near Stockholm; the collections of short
stories called "Svenska öden och äventyr" (Swedish Vicissitudes and Adventures).,
and "Giftas" (Married Life), the dramas "Mäster Olof’, "Fadern", "Brott och
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