Eugene O'Neill and Oriental Thought
Title | Eugene O'Neill and Oriental Thought PDF eBook |
Author | James A. Robinson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN |
"Off and on, of late years, I have studied the history and development of all religions with immense interest as being for me, at least, the most illuminating 'case histories' of the inner life of man."--Eugene O'Neill writing to M. C. Sparrow, 1929 While it is commonly accepted that Eugene O'Neill studied Oriental mystical religions and that this study may be detected in some of his less successful experimental plays (Lazarus Laughed, The Fountain, Marco Millions) there has not been an effort to consider systematically his "immense interest" and the influence it had on O'Neill's thought and writing. Robinson explores the tension between Occidental and Oriental elements in the playwright's art, examining both the sources of the conflict and its manifestation in selected plays written between 1916and 1942. Through an examination of O'Neill's correspondence, research library, and manuscript materials (some of which have previously been unavailable for study) Robinson is able to reveal the origins of O'Neill's Orientalism. An easy familiarity with the complex interrelationships of Eastern and Western religions and the Oriental thought that underlies the ideas of many Western philosophers, allows Robinson to address the intricate problem of Oriental influences on O'Neill's favorite Western sources, including Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, Jung, Strindberg, and Emerson. Finally in a play-by-play exegesis, Robinson traces the course of O'Neill's mysticism from its apparent repudiation in the deeply flawed Dynamo to its synthesis in The Iceman Cometh, Long Day's Journey Into Night, and Hughie, where Eastern ideas of maya, dynamic polarity, and the emptiness of the universe are again evident.
The Cambridge Companion to Eugene O'Neill
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Eugene O'Neill PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Manheim |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 278 |
Release | 1998-09-24 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 9780521556453 |
Specially commissioned essays explore the life and work of Eugene O'Neill from his earliest writings to Long Day's Journey Into Night.
Critical Companion to Eugene O'Neill, 2-Volume Set
Title | Critical Companion to Eugene O'Neill, 2-Volume Set PDF eBook |
Author | Robert M. Dowling |
Publisher | Infobase Publishing |
Pages | 831 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 1438108729 |
This study explores the personal, historical, and artistic influences that combined to form such dark and influential American masterpieces as 'The Iceman Cometh', 'The Emperor Jones', 'Mourning Becomes Electra', 'Hughie', and - arguably the finest tragedy ever written by an American - 'Long Day's Journey into Night'.
Nietzsche and Asian Thought
Title | Nietzsche and Asian Thought PDF eBook |
Author | Graham Parkes |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 267 |
Release | 1996-06 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0226646858 |
Nietzsche's work has had a significant impact on the intellectual life of non-Western cultures and elicited responses from thinkers outside of the Anglo-American philosophical traditions as well. These essays address the connection between his ideas and ph
Eugene O'Neill
Title | Eugene O'Neill PDF eBook |
Author | Harold Bloom |
Publisher | Infobase Publishing |
Pages | 249 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 0791093662 |
A collection of essays about the works of Eugene O'Neill.
Eugene O'Neill's America
Title | Eugene O'Neill's America PDF eBook |
Author | John Patrick Diggins |
Publisher | ReadHowYouWant.com |
Pages | 598 |
Release | 2010-10 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1459605918 |
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 aud...
Eugene O'Neill and the Reinvention of Theatre Aesthetics
Title | Eugene O'Neill and the Reinvention of Theatre Aesthetics PDF eBook |
Author | Thierry Dubost |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 278 |
Release | 2019-06-28 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 147667728X |
The plays of Eugene O'Neill testify to his continued search for new dramatic strategies. The author explores the Nobel Prize winner's attempts at creating a new Modern play. He shows how, moving away from melodrama or "the problem play," O'Neill revisited the classical frames of drama and reinvented theater aesthetics by resorting to masks, the chorus, acoustics, silence or immobility for the creation of his dramatic works.