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an autobiographical study
of psychological collapse.
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At this time, Edvard Munch is
beginning to suffer from agoraphobia,
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a fear of open spaces.
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He walks close to walls
and dreads to cross an open square.
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He had a stroke on Monday evening
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and died three days later.
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The book written by Meier-Graefe,
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Przybyszewski and
the two other critics
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becomes a milestone
:57:46
in understanding Edvard Munch's work.
:57:52
A paraphrase of a line by Goethe
provides the best formula
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for the impression which it radiates;
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"Here and now
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"a new phase begins
in the history of art
:58:19
"and you can say that you witnessed it."
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1894.
:58:34
President Carnot of France
assassinated.
:58:38
Alfred Dreyfus arrested.
:58:42
In Sicily, food riots,
martial law,
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suppression of the Italian
socialist parties.
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Japan declares war on China.
:58:59
"How dark it grew at once.