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  • adjective Of or pertaining to Johan August Strindberg (1849–1912), Swedish playwright and novelist, or his works.

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Strindberg +‎ -ian

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Examples

  • Cheever's marriage, which had become Strindbergian in its rancor and spleen, never recovered from the violence and disorder of his decades of drinking.

    John Cheever's Cruel Paradoxes 2010

  • Cheever's marriage, which had become Strindbergian in its rancor and spleen, never recovered from the violence and disorder of his decades of drinking.

    John Cheever's Cruel Paradoxes 2010

  • The stage is set for a Strindbergian triangle of sexual gamesmanship, betrayal and emotional revelation as Celia sets about undermining Martin's friendship with Andy.

    Wars Domestic And Military 2008

  • And if we search our souls unsparingly, I fear the result can only be an admission that -- had the needed set of circumstances been provided -- we might have come unpleasantly close to one of those Strindbergian creatures which we are now inclined to reject as unhuman.

    Plays by August Strindberg: Creditors. Pariah. August Strindberg 1880

  • And if we search our souls unsparingly, I fear the result can only be an admission that -- had the needed set of circumstances been provided -- we might have come unpleasantly close to one of those Strindbergian creatures which we are now inclined to reject as unhuman.

    Plays by August Strindberg, Second series August Strindberg 1880

  • The danger now is allowing the psychic pendulum to perform its usual bipolar trick by swinging instantly from Strindbergian despair to (Kris)

    Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • A Strindbergian marital drama, it features Dinsdale Landen and Edward Fox as Bob and Pip, old army friends; the latter, a bachelor, has come to spend Christmas at the marital home of his friend, a pub landlord.

    Media news, UK and world media comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk 2009

  • Strindbergian evenings send punters home to sup on roll mops at the back of the fridge, whereas comedies will keep the crowds up and eating.

    unknown title 2009

  • A Strindbergian marital drama, it features Dinsdale Landen and Edward Fox as Bob and Pip, old army friends; the latter, a bachelor, has come to spend Christmas at the marital home of his friend, a pub landlord.

    Media news, UK and world media comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk Mark Lawson 2009

  • What do they really mean?), what's left out of the usual equation that types Pinter's plays is the strange, loopy hilarity that builds up-or explodes-from the exchanges, Strindbergian monologues (when another's listening) and occasional soliloquies.

    The Berkeley Daily Planet, The East Bay's Independent Newspaper 2009

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