Eugene O'Neill's America : desire under democracy /
In the face of seemingly relentless American optimism, Eugene O?Neill's plays reveal an America many would like to ignore, a place of seething resentments, aching desires, and family tragedy, where failure and disappointment are the norm and the American dream a chimera. Though derided by criti...
| Основен автор: | Diggins, John P. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2007.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=260112 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Eugene O'Neill's America. |
| Резюме: |
In the face of seemingly relentless American optimism, Eugene O?Neill's plays reveal an America many would like to ignore, a place of seething resentments, aching desires, and family tragedy, where failure and disappointment are the norm and the American dream a chimera. Though derided by critics during his lifetime, his works resonated with audiences, won him the Nobel Prize and four Pulitzer, and continue to grip theatergoers today. Now noted historian John Patrick Diggins offers a masterly biography that both traces O?Neill?s tumultuous life and explains the forceful ideas that form the hea. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xv, 305 pages) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-282) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780226148823 0226148823 1281959561 9781281959560 |