Eugene O'Neill: A Life in Four Acts,Used

Eugene O'Neill: A Life in Four Acts,Used

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A major new biography of Eugene O'Neill, the Nobel Prizewinning dramatist who revolutionized American theaterRestores balance to the slightly skewed twentyfirst century reputation of Americas greatest playwright. . . . [An] important story, perceptively recounted.Wendy Smith, Washington PostFinalist for the Los Angeles Times Book PrizeThis extraordinary new biography fully captures the intimacies of Eugene ONeills tumultuous life and the profound impact of his work on American drama. Robert M. Dowling innovatively recounts ONeills life in four acts, thus highlighting how the stories he told for the stage interweave with his actual life stories. Each episode also uncovers how ONeills work was utterly intertwined with, and galvanized by, the culture and history of his time.Much is new in this extensively researched book: connections between ONeills plays and his political and philosophical worldview; insights into his Irish upbringing and lifelong torment over losing faith in God; his vital role in African American cultural history; unpublished photographs, including a unique offstage picture of him with his lover Louise Bryant; new evidence of ONeills desire to become a novelist and what this reveals about his unique dramatic voice; and a startling revelation about the release of Long Days Journey Into Night in defiance of his explicit instructions. This biography is also the first to discuss ONeills lost play Exorcism (a single copy of which was only recently recovered), a dramatization of his own suicide attempt.Written with lively informality yet a scholars strict accuracy, Eugene ONeill: A Life in Four Acts is a biography that Americas foremost playwright richly deserves.

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