Magnum Opus : the Cycle Plays of Eugene O'Neill /

From 1935 to 1939, Eugene O'Neill worked on a series of plays that would trace the history of an American family through several generations. He completed just two of the proposed eleven plays-A Touch of the Poet and More Stately Mansions-which Zander Brietzke argues represent the core of the e...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brietzke, Zander, 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
O'Neill, Eugene, > 1888-1953 > Criticism and interpretation.
O'Neill, Eugene, > 1888-1953.
1900-1999
American drama > 20th century > History and criticism.
Théâtre américain > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Drama.
American drama.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Eight hundred million notes and but two plays done
  • From Spithead to Tao House
  • Løvborg's lost manuscript
  • The remainder in the middle
  • Sara Melody and the American Dream
  • Climbing the Harford family tree
  • Stripped stark naked
  • Beyond the threshold
  • The Glencairn template
  • The eleven-play lineup: "A tale of possessors self-dispossessed"
  • Chronology of the cycle.

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