Cambridge University Press Labirint Ozon. Michael Manheim , Cambridge University Press. 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, 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. ONeills philosophical and literary paragons. ONeill and the theatre of his time.
From trial to triumph the early plays. The middle plays. Notable American stage productions. ONeill on screen. ONeills female characters. A tale of possessors selfdispossessed. Trying to write the family play autobiography and the dramatic imagination. ONeill and the cult of sincerity. ONeill criticism. Select bibliography of fulllength works.
ONeills America the strange interlude between the wars. ONeills African and IrishAmericans stereotypes or faithful realism? Celebrant of loss Eugene ONeill The late plays.
