| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 208 pages) |
| Contents |
The playwright's theatre: O'Neill's use of the Provincetown Players as laboratory / Jeff Kennedy -- Rethinking O'Neill's beginnings: slumming, sociology, and sensationalism in The web / J. Chris Westgate -- Eugene O'Neill's Abortion and standard family roles: the economics of terminating a romance and a pregnancy / Lesley Broder -- The movie man: the failure of aesthetics? / Thierry Dubost -- "God stiffen us ... ": queering O'Neill's sea plays / Phillip Barnhart -- Epistemological crises in O'Neill's SS Glencairn plays / Michael Y. Bennett -- "The curtain is lowered": self-revelation and the problem of form in Exorcism / Kurt Eisen -- "Ain't nothin' dere but de trees!": ghosts and the forest in The Emperor Jones / Paul D. Streufert -- Neither fallen angel nor risen ape: desentimentalizing Robert Smith / Thomas F. Connolly -- Waiting for O'Neill: the makings of an existentialist / Steven F. Bloom -- O'Neill's Hughie: the sea plays revisited / Robert Combs -- Condensed comedy: the neo-futurists perform O'Neill's stage directions / Zander Brietzke |
| Summary |
Although Eugene O'Neill's work has generated much scholarship, his one-act plays have not received the critical attention they deserve. Given that O'Neill began his career writing one-act plays, including his justly famous "Sea Plays," associated with the Provincetown Players, it is surprising that his one-acts have been largely neglected. This collection aims to fill the gap by examining O'Neill's one-act plays, during what can be considered O'Neill's formative writing years, and the formative period of American drama. It is our hope that a wide-ranging investigation into O'Neill's one-acts will shed light on a less-explored part of his career, and thus assist scholars in understanding O'Neill's entire oeuvre |
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"Although Eugene O'Neill's work has generated much scholarship, his one-act plays have not received the critical attention they deserve. Given that O'Neill began his career writing one-act plays, including his justly famous "Sea Plays," with the Provincetown Players, it is surprising that his one-acts have been largely neglected. This collection, aims to fill the gap by examining O'Neill's one-act plays, during what can be considered O'Neill's formative writing years, and the formative period of American drama. This wide-ranging investigation into O'Neill's one-acts sheds light on a less-explored part of his career, and thus assists scholars in understanding O'Neill's entire oeuvre"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953 fast |
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American drama -- 20th century -- Social aspects
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Literary studies: plays & playwrights -- English -- USA.
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Literary studies: from c 1900 -- English -- USA.
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Cultural studies -- English -- USA.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Ethnopsychology.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
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DRAMA -- American.
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Literature.
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American drama -- Social aspects
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bennett, Michael Y., 1980-
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Carson, Benjamin D
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| ISBN |
9781137043931 |
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1137043938 |
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