The Cambridge Companion to Eugene O'Neill

The Cambridge Companion to Eugene O'Neill
Author: Michael Manheim
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 278
Release: 1998-09-24
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780521556453

Specially commissioned essays explore the life and work of Eugene O'Neill from his earliest writings to Long Day's Journey Into Night.

Critical Companion to Eugene O'Neill, 2-Volume Set

Critical Companion to Eugene O'Neill, 2-Volume Set
Author: Robert M. Dowling
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Total Pages: 831
Release: 2009
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1438108729

This study explores the personal, historical, and artistic influences that combined to form such dark and influential American masterpieces as 'The Iceman Cometh', 'The Emperor Jones', 'Mourning Becomes Electra', 'Hughie', and - arguably the finest tragedy ever written by an American - 'Long Day's Journey into Night'.

Nietzsche and Asian Thought

Nietzsche and Asian Thought
Author: Graham Parkes
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 267
Release: 1996-06
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0226646858

Nietzsche's work has had a significant impact on the intellectual life of non-Western cultures and elicited responses from thinkers outside of the Anglo-American philosophical traditions as well. These essays address the connection between his ideas and ph

Eugene O'Neill and the Reinvention of Theatre Aesthetics

Eugene O'Neill and the Reinvention of Theatre Aesthetics
Author: Thierry Dubost
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2019-07-01
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1476635684

 The plays of Eugene O'Neill testify to his continued search for new dramatic strategies. The author explores the Nobel Prize winner's attempts at creating a new Modern play. He shows how, moving away from melodrama or "the problem play," O'Neill revisited the classical frames of drama and reinvented theater aesthetics by resorting to masks, the chorus, acoustics, silence or immobility for the creation of his dramatic works.

Eugene O'Neill's America

Eugene O'Neill's America
Author: John Patrick Diggins
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Total Pages: 598
Release: 2010-10
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1459605918

In the face of seemingly relentless American optimism, Eugene O'Neill's plays reveal an America many would like to ignore, a place of seething resentments, aching desires, and family tragedy, where failure and disappointment are the norm and the American dream a chimera. Though derided by critics during his lifetime, his works resonated with aud...

Struggle, Defeat or Rebirth

Struggle, Defeat or Rebirth
Author: Thierry Dubost
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2005-10-27
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0786424192

To Eugene O'Neill, the links between man and his surroundings were of prime importance. His characters struggled with existential problems, and how they related to them reveals much about O'Neill's own humanity. For the most part, the characters defeat their problems and in doing so are "reborn" in some manner. This work examines the 49 plays that O'Neill completed, focusing on his attempt to find an inner truth in his characters. Part One explores the family, showing how a person is trapped by heredity, space, time and communal hierarchy. Part Two deals with the individual and society, showing how societal conventions confined the characters. In Part Three, personal freedom is the centerpiece, showing how the characters develop a specific approach to life that leads to a coherent vision of the characters' relationships with the world around them.

Eugene O'Neill

Eugene O'Neill
Author: Harold Bloom
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2007
Genre:
ISBN: 0791093662

A collection of essays about the works of Eugene O'Neill.

A Study Guide for Eugene O'Neill's "Strange Interlude"

A Study Guide for Eugene O'Neill's
Author: Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher: Gale, Cengage Learning
Total Pages: 27
Release: 2016
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1410359425

A Study Guide for Eugene O'Neill's "Strange Interlude," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama For Students for all of your research needs.

Eugene O'Neill

Eugene O'Neill
Author: Stephen A. Black
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 606
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780300093995

Stricken with guilt and grief when his father, mother and brother died in quick succession, Eugene O'Neill mourned deeply for two decades. This critical biography presents an understanding of O'Neill's life, work and slow grieving.

Eugene O'Neill

Eugene O'Neill
Author: Egil Törnqvist
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2004-01-14
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780786417131

Eugene O'Neill wrote his plays for a theatre in which the playwright would take a central position. He presented himself as a controlling personality both in the texts--in the form of ample stage directions--and in performances based on these texts. His plays address several audiences--reader, spectator, and production team--and scripts were often different from the published versions. This study examines O'Neill's multiple roles as a writer for many audiences. After a description of O'Neill's working conditions and the multiple audiences of the plays, this study examines the various formal aspects of the plays: titles, settings in time and place, names and addresses, language, and connections and allusions to other works. An examination of the plays follows, with particular emphasis on Bound East for Cardiff, Long Day's Journey Into Night, and A Touch of the Poet.