The Cambridge Companion to Eugene O'Neill

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Cambridge Companion to Eugene O'Neill
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Michael Manheim
SeriesCambridge Companions to Literature
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:276
Dimensions(mm): Height 237,Width 157
Category/GenreDrama
Literary studies - from c 1900 -
Literary studies - plays and playwrights
ISBN/Barcode 9780521553896
ClassificationsDewey:812.52
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 6 Halftones, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 24 September 1998
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This volume of specially commissioned essays contains studies of O'Neill's life, his intellectual and creative forebears, and his relation to the theatrical world of his creative period, 1916-1942. Also included are descriptions of the O'Neill canon and its production history on stage and screen, and a series of essays on "special topics" related to the playwright. One of the essays speaks for those who are critical of O'Neill's work, and the volume concludes with an essay on O'Neill criticism containing a select bibliography of full-length studies of the playwright's work.

Reviews

"Manheim (Univ. of Toledo) provides an excellent overview of O'Neill's plays and adds to the great volume of critical analysis of the playwright's work." Choice