Camb Companion to Eugene O'Neill (Cambridge Companions to Literature) - Softcover

Manheim, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521556457 ISBN 13: 9780521556453

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

This is a volume of specially commissioned essays containing studies of Eugene O'Neill's life, his intellectual and creative forebears, and his relation to the theatrical world of his creative period, 1916–42. Also included are descriptions of the O'Neill canon and its production history on stage and screen, and a series of essays on 'special topics' related to the playwright, such as his treatment of women in the plays, his portrayals of Irish and African Americans, and his attempts to deal in dramatic terms with his parental family culminating in his greatest play, Long Day's Journey Into Night. One of the essays speaks for those who are critical of O'Neill's work, and the volume concludes with an essay on O'Neill criticism containing a select bibliography of full-length studies of the playwright's work.

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Review:

"Manheim (Univ. of Toledo) provides an excellent overview of O'Neill's plays and adds to the great volume of critical analysis of the playwright's work." Choice

Book Description:

This volume of specially commissioned essays contains studies of O'Neill's life, his intellectual and creative forebears, and his relation to the theatrical world of his creative period, 1916–42. The volume also includes an essay on O'Neill criticism containing a select bibliography of full-length studies of the playwright's work.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521556457
• ISBN 13: 9780521556453
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 276