Struggle, Defeat or Rebirth

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Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786424192
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Book Synopsis Struggle, Defeat or Rebirth by : Thierry Dubost

Download or read book Struggle, Defeat or Rebirth written by Thierry Dubost and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2005-10-27 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The Plays of Thomas Kilroy

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Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786482605
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The Plays of Thomas Kilroy written by Thierry Dubost and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-03-14 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Irish Times called Thomas Kilroy "one of the most significant playwrights of modern Ireland", while The Sunday Times has described him as "one of the outstanding living Irish playwrights and, perhaps, the most complete". The winner of numerous honors including a special tribute from the Irish Theatre Awards in 2003, he has written fourteen plays. This appraisal of the works of Thomas Kilroy focuses on the common themes and methodology of his plays, including an unusual alliance between serious theatrical complexity and varied but demanding forms of comedy. A separate chapter is devoted to each play with the exception of The Death and Resurrection of Mr. Roche and The MacAdam Travelling Theatre, whose complementary themes are discussed together. Reflecting on the essence of theatre, Kilroy's works combine meditations on humanity with references to Irish history, generally using historical reality as a dramatic starting point. Plays discussed include Kilroy originals such as Talbot's Box, The Secret Fall of Constance Wilde and Blake as well as adaptations of well-known works such as The Seagull, Six Characters in Search of an Author, and Henry. Interviews with stage directors (L. Parker, M. Stafford-Clark, P. Mason, A.S. Paul) and the playwright himself contribute to this in-depth analysis of Kilroy's dramatic art. Photographs of staged plays and a list of premieres of Kilroy's works (plays and adaptations) are also included.

Long Day's Journey Into Night

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Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300214324
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Book Synopsis Long Day's Journey Into Night by : O'Neill, Eugene

Download or read book Long Day's Journey Into Night written by O'Neill, Eugene and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-31 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American classic—as you’ve never experienced it before. This multimedia edition, edited by William Davies King, offers an interactive guide to O’Neill’s masterpiece. -- Hear rare archival recordings of Eugene O’Neill reading key scenes. -- Discover O’Neill’s creative process through the tiny pencil notes in his original manuscripts and outlines. -- Watch actors wrestle with the play in exclusive rehearsal footage. -- Experience clips from a full production of the play. -- Tour Monte Cristo Cottage, the site of the events in Long Day’s Journey Into Night, and Tao House, where the play was written. -- Delve into O’Neill’s world through photographs, letters, and diary entries. And much, much more in this multimedia eBook.

尤金·奥尼尔戏剧伦理思想研究

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Publisher : BEIJING BOOK CO. INC.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book 尤金·奥尼尔戏剧伦理思想研究 written by 王占斌 and published by BEIJING BOOK CO. INC.. This book was released on 2021-11-10 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 本书基于伦理学批评,并借助性别理论、解构主义理论、后殖民批评和伦理叙事学的研究成果和方法,在认真梳理、分析和综合研究国内外奥尼尔文献资料和对奥尼尔戏剧认真细读的基础上,探索了美国剧作家尤金·奥尼尔的道德伦理观。

A Companion to Twentieth-Century American Drama

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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1405137347
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (51 download)

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Book Synopsis A Companion to Twentieth-Century American Drama by : David Krasner

Download or read book A Companion to Twentieth-Century American Drama written by David Krasner and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion provides an original and authoritative surveyof twentieth-century American drama studies, written by some of thebest scholars and critics in the field. Balances consideration of canonical material with discussion ofworks by previously marginalized playwrights Includes studies of leading dramatists, such as TennesseeWilliams, Arthur Miller, Eugene O'Neill and Gertrude Stein Allows readers to make new links between particular plays andplaywrights Examines the movements that framed the century, such as theHarlem Renaissance, lesbian and gay drama, and the soloperformances of the 1980s and 1990s Situates American drama within larger discussions aboutAmerican ideas and culture

The Ecological Eugene O'Neill

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Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786498757
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Book Synopsis The Ecological Eugene O'Neill by : Robert Baker-White

Download or read book The Ecological Eugene O'Neill written by Robert Baker-White and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-09-25 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramas of Eugene O'Neill--often called America's first "serious" playwright--exhibit an imagining of the natural world that enlivens the plays and marks the boundaries of the characters' fates. O'Neill's figures move within purposefully animated natural environments--ocean, dense forest, desert plains, the rocky soil of New England. This new approach to O'Neill's dramas explores these ecological settings as crucial to his characters' ability to carry out their conscious and unconscious desires. O'Neill's career is covered, from his youthful one-acts, to the middle years experimental dramas, to the mature tragedies of his late period. Special attention is paid to the connection of ecology and theological quest, and to O'Neill's persistent evocation of an exotic, natural "other." Combining an ecocritical approach with an examination of Classical and philosophical influences on the playwright's creative process, the author reveals a new, less hermetic O'Neill.

The Aesthetics of Failure

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Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786483113
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Book Synopsis The Aesthetics of Failure by : Zander Brietzke

Download or read book The Aesthetics of Failure written by Zander Brietzke and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2001-03-15 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critic Clive Barnes once called Eugene O’Neill the “world’s worst great playwright” and Brooks Atkinson called him “a tragic dramatist with a great knack for old-fashioned melodrama.” These descriptions of the man can also be used to describe his work. Despite the fact that O’Neill is the only American playwright to win the Nobel Prize for Literature and his last works are some of America’s finest, most of his published works are not good. This work closely examines how O’Neill’s failures as a playwright are inspiring and how his disappointments are reflections of his own theory that tragedy requires failure, a theory that is evident in his work. Conflicts in O’Neill’s plays are studied at the structural level, with attention paid to genre, language or dialogue, characters, space and time elements, and action. Included is information about O’Neill’s life and a chronological listing of all of his 50 plays with basic details such as production history, principal characters, dramatic action, and a brief commentary.

Eugene O’Neill’s One-Act Plays

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Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137043938
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Eugene O’Neill’s One-Act Plays written by M. Bennett and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-08-06 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eugene O'Neill, Nobel Laureate in Literature and Pulitzer Prize winner, is widely known for his full length plays. However, his one-act plays are the foundation of his work - both thematically and stylistically, they telescope his later plays. This collection aims to fill the gap by examining these texts, during what can be considered O'Neill's formative writing years, and the foundational period of American drama. A wide-ranging investigation into O'Neill's one-acts, the contributors shed light on a less-explored part of his career and assist scholars in understanding O'Neill's entire oeuvre.

The Cambridge Companion to Eugene O'Neill

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521556453
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (564 download)

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Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Eugene O'Neill by : Michael Manheim

Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Eugene O'Neill written by Michael Manheim and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-09-24 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Specially commissioned essays explore the life and work of Eugene O'Neill from his earliest writings to Long Day's Journey Into Night.

Student Companion to Eugene O'Neill

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313049092
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Book Synopsis Student Companion to Eugene O'Neill by : Steven F. Bloom Ph.D.

Download or read book Student Companion to Eugene O'Neill written by Steven F. Bloom Ph.D. and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-06-30 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eugene O'Neill is the only American dramatist ever to have received the Nobel Prize for Literature. He wrote over 50 plays; a number are virtually unknown by the general public; several are considered classics of the American stage; all of them demonstrate, in one way or another, how O'Neill challenged the conventional boundaries of the drama of his time and thereby paved the way for modern American theatre. This volume will provide guides to eight of O'Neill's plays that are most often studied in schools and colleges: The Hairy Ape, Anna Christie, The Emperor Jones, Desire Under the Elms, Ah, Wilderness!, The Iceman Cometh, Long Day's Journey Into Night, and A Moon for the Misbegotten. More than almost any other author in any fictional genre, O'Neill's works are highly autobiographical. The love/hate relationships he had with the members of his own family resonate throughout his dramatic works. The son of an alcoholic and a morphine addict, he struggled with chemical dependency throughout his life, but determined to be an artist or nothing, he eventually gave up drinking and fulfilled his artistic ambitions, transforming the traumatic experiences of his life into compelling drama. O'Neill's drama provides insights into the complexities of human behavior and raises questions about the forces, both external and internal, that shape human lives.

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

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Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438108729
Total Pages : 831 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (381 download)

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Book Synopsis Critical Companion to Eugene O'Neill, 2-Volume Set by : Robert M. Dowling

Download or read book Critical Companion to Eugene O'Neill, 2-Volume Set written by Robert M. Dowling and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 831 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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'.

Terra Nostra

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Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1466840153
Total Pages : 1183 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Book Synopsis Terra Nostra by : Carlos Fuentes

Download or read book Terra Nostra written by Carlos Fuentes and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2013-05-14 with total page 1183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terra Nostra is one of the great masterpieces of modern Latin American fiction. Concerned with nothing less than the history of Spain and of South America, with the Indian Gods and with Christianity, with the birth, the passion, and the death of civilizations, Fuentes's great novel is, indeed, that rare creation--the total work of art. Magnificently translated by Margaret Sayers Peden, Terra Nostra is, as Milan Kundera says in his afterword, "the spreading out of the novel, the exploration of its possibilities, the voyage to the edge of what only a novelist can see and say."

Eugene O'Neill and the Reinvention of Theatre Aesthetics

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Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 147667728X
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Book Synopsis Eugene O'Neill and the Reinvention of Theatre Aesthetics by : Thierry Dubost

Download or read book Eugene O'Neill and the Reinvention of Theatre Aesthetics written by Thierry Dubost and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-07-12 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:  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.

Democracy Reborn

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Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1466851252
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Book Synopsis Democracy Reborn by : Garrett Epps

Download or read book Democracy Reborn written by Garrett Epps and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2013-07-30 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting narrative of the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment, an act which revolutionized the U.S. constitution and shaped the nation's destiny in the wake of the Civil War Though the end of the Civil War and Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation inspired optimism for a new, happier reality for blacks, in truth the battle for equal rights was just beginning. Andrew Johnson, Lincoln's successor, argued that the federal government could not abolish slavery. In Johnson's America, there would be no black voting, no civil rights for blacks. When a handful of men and women rose to challenge Johnson, the stage was set for a bruising constitutional battle. Garrett Epps, a novelist and constitutional scholar, takes the reader inside the halls of the Thirty-ninth Congress to witness the dramatic story of the Fourteenth Amendment's creation. At the book's center are a cast of characters every bit as fascinating as the Founding Fathers. Thaddeus Stevens, Charles Sumner, Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, among others, understood that only with the votes of freed blacks could the American Republic be saved. Democracy Reborn offers an engrossing account of a definitive turning point in our nation's history and the significant legislation that reclaimed the democratic ideal of equal rights for all U.S. citizens.

American Writers

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Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438108095
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (381 download)

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Book Synopsis American Writers by : Elizabeth H. Oakes

Download or read book American Writers written by Elizabeth H. Oakes and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "American Writers focuses on the rich diversity of American novelists

National Poetry, Empires and War

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317618106
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Book Synopsis National Poetry, Empires and War by : David Aberbach

Download or read book National Poetry, Empires and War written by David Aberbach and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nationalism has given the world a genre of poetry bright with ideals of justice, freedom and the brotherhood of man, but also, at times, burning with humiliation and grievance, hatred and lust for revenge, driving human kind, as the Austrian poet Grillparzer put it, ‘From humanity via nationality to bestiality’. National Poetry, Empires and War considers national poetry, and its glorification of war, from ancient to modern times, in a series of historical, social and political perspectives. Starting with the Hebrew Bible and Homer and moving through the Crusades and examples of subsequent empires, this book has much on pre-modern national poetry but focuses chiefly on post-1789 poetry which emerged from the weakening and collapse of empires, as the idealistic liberalism of nationalism in the age of Byron, Whitman, D’Annunzio, Yeats, Bialik, and Kipling was replaced by darker purposes culminating in World War I and the rise of fascism. Many national poets are the subject of countless critical and biographical studies, but this book aims to give a panoramic view of national poetry as a whole. It will be of great interest to any scholars of nationalism, Jewish Studies, history, comparative literature, and general cultural studies.

To Have or Have Not

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Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 078648683X
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Book Synopsis To Have or Have Not by : James Fisher

Download or read book To Have or Have Not written by James Fisher and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2011-10-14 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a rapidly changing world, the ways in which economic forces affect both personal and global change can be difficult to track, particularly in the arts. This collection of twenty new essays explores both obscure and famous plays dealing with economic issues. Beginning with the Industrial Revolution, the text moves from Marx's theories to Wall Street speculation, nineteenth century immigration issues, the excesses of the Gilded Age and the 1920s, the Great Depression, World War II and millennial economic challenges.