Eugene O'Neill
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Description
Eugene O'Neill was an American playwright, and Nobel laureate in Literature. His plays are among the first to introduce into American drama the techniques of realism, associated with Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, and Swedish playwright August Strindberg. His plays were among the first to include speeches in American vernacular and involve characters on the fringes of society, engaging in depraved behavior, where they struggle to maintain their hopes and aspirations, but ultimately slide into disillusionment and despair. O'Neill wrote only one well-known comedy (Ah, Wilderness!).Nearly all of his other plays involve some degree of tragedy and personal pessimism.
Books
Six Major Tragedies (Agamemnon / Doctor Faustus / Emperor Jones / Hedda Gabler /King Lear / Oedipus the King)
Contains: Agamemnon by Aeschylus Oedipus the King by Sophocles Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe King Lear by William Shakespeare Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen The Emperor Jones by Eugene O'Neil
Complete plays
Tomorrow
Three plays: Desire under the elms. Strange interlude. Mourning becomes Electra
The last will and testament of an extremely distinguished dog
"In The Last Will and Testament of an Extremely Distinguished Dog, famed playwright Eugene O'Neill movingly articulates the ache all dog owners feel as the end of a special pet's life approaches. His timeless elegy, written in the early 1940s about his dog, Silverdene Emblem O'Neill - known as Blemie by those who loved him - eases the pain of this sad parting with poignant reminders of the joy and happiness only a loving and loyal dog can provide. This lovely edition is illustrated by the award-winning quilt maker Adrienne Yorinks. Her twenty-five original hand-stitched quilts portray the life of one special Border collie and perfectly complement the text with their mood and magic."--BOOK JACKET.
Long Day's Journey into Night
Author Eugene O'Neill gives an autobiographical account of his explosive homelife. Fused by a drug-addicted mother, a father who wallows in drink after realizing he is no longer a famous actor, and an older brother who is emotionally unstable and misfit, the family is reflected by their youngest son, who at 23 is a sensitive and aspiring writer.