A Student's Guide to Eugene O'neill

by Hermann, Spring

• ISBN13: 9780766028869
• ISBN10: 0766028860
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-01-01
• Publisher: Enslow Elementary

Summary

Eugene O'Neill is one of the influential dramatists in the history of American theater. He would use realism, naturalism, expressionism, and symbolism to get his meaning across to audiences. Later, O'Neill employed more of his own life experiences in his plays. This innovative mix of classical themes and personal traumatic conflicts make a study of O'Neill's work compelling to audiences both yesterday and today.

Author Biography

Spring Hermann is a full-time author of books and plays for young readers. Her previous work for Enslow Publishers, Inc., includes A Student's Guide to Tennessee Williams.

Table of Contents

Times Square Baby to Broadway Playwright	p. 5
Youth's Experiences Lead to the Stage	p. 15
A Professional Playwright Emerges	p. 31
Politics, Race, and an Oedipal Conflict The Hairy Ape All God's Chillun Got Wings Desire Under the Elms	p. 45
Massive Works Cement O'Neill's Reputation. The Great God Brown Marco Millions Lazarus Laughed Strange Interlude	p. 59
Modern Studies of Good and Evil Dynamo Mourning Becomes Electra Days Without End	p. 76
A View From the Past Ah, Wilderness! The Iceman Cometh A Touch of the Poet	p. 91
Ghosts Laid to Rest Long Day's Journey Into Night and A Moon for the Misbegotten	p. 109
Constructing Women and Heroes in O'Neill's Plays	p. 125
O'Neill's Work Lives On Influences on Major American Playwrights	p. 134
Chronology	p. 149
Chapter Notes	p. 153
Glossary	p. 165
Major Works by Eugene O'Neill	p. 170
Further Reading	p. 172
Internet Addresses	p. 173
Index	p. 174
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