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Student Companion to Eugene O'Neill (Hardcover)
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Student Companion to Eugene O'Neill (Hardcover)
Series: Student Companions to Classic Writers
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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.
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