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O'Neill: Son and Artist

O'Neill: Son and Artist

by Louis Sheaffer
O'Neill: Son and Artist
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O'Neill: Son and Artist

O'Neill: Son and Artist

by Louis Sheaffer

Overview

Sheaffer's two-volume biography of American platwright Eugene O'Neill-the second volume of which won a Pulitzer Prize-makes use of previously unknown documents and numerous interviews to present an insightful look at O'Neill's troubled life.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780815412441
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 08/19/2002
Edition description: Volume II
Pages: 768
Product dimensions: 6.26(w) x 8.92(h) x 1.83(d)

About the Author

Louis Sheaffer (1912-1997), a former reporter and press agent, was awarded three Guggenheim fellowships and a grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities for his work on O'Neill.

Table of Contents

Prefaceix
1.The Old Actor's Finale3
2.The Provincetown's Costly Success25
3.Uneven Playwright47
4.The Mother's End72
5.Echoing Strindberg94
6.Legacy from Jamie116
7.Besieged Playhouse134
8.A Drama of Masks153
9.Dion Anthony's Course173
10.O'Neill's Reformation188
11.Actress in Maine206
12.Strange Interlude232
13.O'Neill's "Vultures"255
14.End of a Marriage271
15.O'Neill and Carlotta293
16.Third Marriage313
17.At the Chateau336
18.Mourning Becomes Electra354
19.Homecoming373
20.At Sea Island393
21.Controversial Drama414
22.Nobel Laureate435
23.Cycle Shelved464
24.O'Neill "The Iceman"489
25.O'Neill's Tremor518
26.Rejected Children540
27.Return to Broadway568
28.Misbegotten Production590
29.By the Sea Again613
30.Estranged Pair636
31.A Private Funeral657
Bibliography675
Notes681
Acknowledgments721
Index729
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