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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Inferno canonical 2

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Predicate Object
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 ⓘ