Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1936, the American playwright Eugene O’Neill was the first to introduce into the U.S. the drama techniques of realism, associated with Chekhov, Ibsen and Strindberg. His masterpiece, ‘Long Day’s Journey into Night’, is regarded as one of the greatest works of American drama. O’Neill saw the theatre as a valid forum for the presentation of serious ideas. Imbued with the tragic sense of life, he produced a contemporary drama that had its roots in powerful ancient Greek tragedies. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents O’Neill’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare plays and poetry, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to O’Neill’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major texts * All 30 full-length plays, with individual contents tables * Features rare dramas appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including the late masterpieces ‘A Touch of the Poet’ and ‘More Stately Mansions’ * Includes all 21 one-act plays, first time in digital print * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Rare poems available in no other collection * Easily locate the poems you want to read * Includes O’Neill’s sole short story and his humorous sketch * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres CONTENTS: The Full-Length Plays Bread and Butter (1914) Servitude (1914) The Personal Equation (1915) Now I Ask You (1916) Beyond the Horizon (1918) The Straw (1919) Chris Christophersen (1919) Gold (1920) Anna Christie (1920) The Emperor Jones (1920) Diff’rent (1921) The First Man (1922) The Hairy Ape (1922) The Fountain (1923) Marco Millions (1923) All God’s Chillun Got Wings (1924) Welded (1924) Desire under the Elms (1924) Lazarus Laughed (1925) The Great God Brown (1926) Strange Interlude (1928) Dynamo (1929) Mourning Becomes Electra (1931) Ah, Wilderness! (1933) Days without End (1933) The Iceman Cometh (1940) Long Day’s Journey into Night (1941) A Moon for the Misbegotten (1947) A Touch of the Poet (1958) More Stately Mansions The One-Act Plays Bound East for Cardiff (1914) In the Zone (1917) The Long Voyage Home (1917) Moon of the Caribbees (1918) A Wife for a Life (1913) The Web (1913) Thirst (1913) Recklessness (1913) Warnings (1913) Fog (1914) Abortion (1914) The Movie Man (1914) The Sniper (1915) Before Breakfast (1916) Ile (1917) The Rope (1918) Shell Shock (1918) The Dreamy Kid (1918) Where the Cross Is Made (1918) Exorcism (1919) Hughie (1941) The Short Story Tomorrow (1917) The Poetry The Poems of Eugene O’Neill The Sketch The Last Will and Testament of an Extremely Distinguished Dog (1940)
Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1936, the American playwright Eugene O’Neill was the first to introduce into the US the drama techniques of realism, associated with Chekhov, Ibsen and Strindberg. His masterpiece, ‘Long Day’s Journey into Night’, is regarded as one of the greatest works of American drama. O’Neill saw the theatre as a valid forum for the presentation of serious ideas. Imbued with the tragic sense of life, he produced a contemporary drama that had its roots in powerful ancient Greek tragedies. This eBook presents O’Neill’s collected works, with numerous illustrations, rare plays and poetry, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to O’Neill’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major texts * All 21 full-length plays in the US public domain, with individual contents tables * Features rare dramas appearing for the first time in digital publishing * 20 one-act plays * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Rare poems available in no other collection * Easily locate the poems you want to read * Includes O’Neill’s sole short story * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres CONTENTS: The Full-Length Plays Bread and Butter (1914) Servitude (1914) The Personal Equation (1915) Now I Ask You (1916) Beyond the Horizon (1918) The Straw (1919) Chris Christophersen (1919) Gold (1920) Anna Christie (1920) The Emperor Jones (1920) Diff’rent (1921) The First Man (1922) The Hairy Ape (1922) The Fountain (1923) Marco Millions (1923) All God’s Chillun Got Wings (1924) Welded (1924) Desire under the Elms (1924) Lazarus Laughed (1925) The Great God Brown (1926) Strange Interlude (1928) The One-Act Plays Bound East for Cardiff (1914) In the Zone (1917) The Long Voyage Home (1917) Moon of the Caribbees (1918) A Wife for a Life (1913) The Web (1913) Thirst (1913) Recklessness (1913) Warnings (1913) Fog (1914) Abortion (1914) The Movie Man (1914) The Sniper (1915) Before Breakfast (1916) Ile (1917) The Rope (1918) Shell Shock (1918) The Dreamy Kid (1918) Where the Cross Is Made (1918) Exorcism (1919) The Short Story Tomorrow (1917) The Poetry The Poems of Eugene O’Neill
During the biggest scandal ever in Irish history, feminists attacked women, the Irish attacked the Irish, the politicians attacked the electorate, and all sides attacked Christianity. They accused Christian women of killing hundreds of babies and of perpetrating a holocaust. The allegations are not true, but many people believe them despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Why should the Irish nation have behaved in such a way? What purpose was served in falsely scapegoating religious women? Why did they attack their mothers, grandmothers, and all their relations, accusing them of the full gamut of reprehensible behaviour from ignorance to holding ‘a perverse religious morality’. The reality is that these women were like stars in the sky; they deserve to shine. The real story needs to be told. The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes has dismissed many of the scandal propagators’ notorious claims but has made several significant errors of their own. However, the Irish media continues cherry-pick from its findings to perpetuate many of their previously created myths. For the first time, this book exposes the 21st century Irish mindset, revealing the whole sordid tale of how the Irish nation came to hate the Irish. Moreover, it provides the scientific, rational and historical evidence needed to defend against its malignancy.
This comprehensive reference begins with an introductory chapter that overviews Flaubert's life and career. A detailed summary of the novel's plot is followed by a close examination of the novel's genesis, its publication history, and the merits of various editions and translations. Later chapters discuss the social and cultural contexts informing the work, Flaubert's literary craftsmanship, and the novel's critical reception. The volume concludes with extensive bibliographic information. Flaubert's determination to achieve stylistic and structural perfection led to the creation of his masterpiece, Madame Bovary. The achievement was long considered the exemplary novel in Western literature, and writers remain deeply indebted to its legacy.
AA Serial Killer is an offbeat satire, a sick fantasy told in Eugene Siegel's unique style of art in written form. The humor, wit, words, and tone are not politically correct. It's meant to be shocking to express his statement on Life's Madness where living experiences, hate, greed, violence, sex, and the media coexist.
A collection of essays that reflect the breadth of twentieth-century scholarship in art history. Kleinbauer has sought to illustrate the variety of methods scholars have developed for conveying the unfolding of the arts in the Western world. Originally published by Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1971.
Walk through the pages of the Bible in 90 days with a definitive voice in Christian spirituality. In this devotional, Eugene Peterson provides brief commentary and challenging thoughts designed to stir the biblical imagination and encourage even the weary believer. Life is a mixture of deep joy, heartbreaking disappointment, and hopeful dreams. We long for quick answers, yet God invites us into something far better—a dance of worship, wonder, and mystery. Discover this beautiful rhythm in Every Step an Arrival, a ninety-day devotional from the beloved translator behind the popular Message Bible and the author of spiritual classics, including Run with the Horses and A Long Obedience in the Same Direction. Eugene Peterson believes our confusion about the world comes from a lack of clarity regarding who we are and, more important, who God is. Each reading focuses on a unique facet of God’s nature or of our identity. Drawing insights and stories from a number of books in the Old Testament, Peterson stirs the imagination and encourages travel-weary readers to keep moving forward. Life is full of unexpected moments. But when we enter each day in rhythm with God, every step is an arrival.
This novel is about Nicolo, who sets out to visit his ailing mother, sees his father (dead these past three years), has lunch with his daughter and falls in love with his daughter's friend, Roxane. It is also about Nicolo's handsome wife, Maeve, a strong woman with her own interests, including a romance she embarks on for comic relief. The story takes place against a background that includes Nicolo's youthful affair with his Aunt Regina, which in turn calls up old family legends about the great grandfather who was born with the flanks and hindquarters of a horse, and the great grandmother from the bordello, a woman so beautiful her looks could stun. But throughout all this, the drama focuses on Nicolo and Maeve and their children as the family unravels one way and knits up another. The World at Noon is a novel where everyday events, mingle with ancestral myths, a book that cascades from generation to generation and from the warm waters of the Mediterranean to the snowy fields of New England.
FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD This sumptuous oral biography of Eugene Walter, the best-known man you’ve never heard of, is an eyewitness history of the heart of the last century—enlivened with personal glimpses of luminaries from William Faulkner and Martha Graham to Judy Garland and Leontyne Price—and a pitch-perfect addition to the Southern literary tradition that has critics cheering. In his 76 years, Eugene Walter ate of “the ripened heart of life,” to quote a letter from Isak Dinesen, one of his many illustrious friends. Walter savored the porch life of his native Mobile, Alabama, in the the l920s and ‘30s; stumbled into the Greenwich Village art scene in late-1940s New York; was a ubiquitous presence in Paris’s expatriate café society in the 1950s (where he was part of the Paris Review at its inception); and later, in 1960s Rome, participated in the golden age of Italian cinema. He was somehow everywhere, bringing with him a unique and contagious spirit, putting his inimitable stamp on the cultural life of the twentieth century. “Katherine Clark…has edited Eugene Walter’s oral history into a book as amazing as the man himself.” JONATHAN YARDLEY, WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD “Milking the Moon has perfect pitch and flawlessly captures Eugene’s pixilated wonderland of a life…. I love this book—and I couldn’t put it down.” PAT CONROY “Surprising and serendipitous.” NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW “Anecdotes so frothy they ought to be served with a paper parasol over crushed ice.” PEOPLE “A rare literary treat…the temptation is to wolf it down all at once, but it’s much more satisfying to take your sweet time. The most unique oral history of the mid-twentieth century.” TIMES-PICAYUNE (NEW ORLEANS) “An exceptionally fun read.” ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
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