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Author: John H. Raleigh ,
Harry T. Moore
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Imprint: Southern Illinois University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 12.40cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 20.00cm
ISBN: 9780809306015
ISBN 10: 0809306018
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 01 October 1972
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Temporarily unavailable
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Reviews
[Raleigh] maps the world of O Neill s dramas with clarity and precision The serious student who knows O Neill s plays well and has read a good biography will find this book an invaluable guide to the work of our greatest dramatist. Virginia Quarterly Review
"""[Raleigh] maps the world of O'Neill's dramas with clarity and precision... The serious student who knows O'Neill's plays well and has read a good biography will find this book an invaluable guide to the work of our greatest dramatist."" --Virginia Quarterly Review Thebook, making a merit out of its unorthodoxy, contributes observations of value to our knowledge of the work of Eugene O'Neill... I find [Raleigh's] presentation of the Charlie Murphy-Tim Sullivan era as background to The Ice Man Cometh very illuminating. He is the first to attempt to show the influence of The Count of Monte Cristo on the romantic play of the dramatist... His treatment of polarities in the drama is acute.""--Oscar Cargill, American Literature"
Thebook, making a merit out of its unorthodoxy, contributes observations of value to our knowledge of the work of Eugene O’Neill… I find [Raleigh’s] presentation of the Charlie Murphy-Tim Sullivan era as background to The Ice Man Cometh very illuminating. He is the first to attempt to show the influence of The Count of Monte Cristo on the romantic play of the dramatist… His treatment of polarities in the drama is acute.”—Oscar Cargill, American Literature “[Raleigh] maps the world of O’Neill’s dramas with clarity and precision… The serious student who knows O’Neill’s plays well and has read a good biography will find this book an invaluable guide to the work of our greatest dramatist.” —Virginia Quarterly Review
The book, making a merit out of its un-orthodoxy, contributes observations of value to our knowledge of the work of Eugene O'Neill... I find [Raleigh's] presentation of the Charlie Murphy-Tim Sullivan era as background to The Ice Man Cometh very illuminating. He is the first to attempt to show the influence of The Count of Monte Cristo on the roman-tic play of the dramatist... His treat-ment of polarities in the drama is acute. --Oscar Cargill, American Literature <br>
Author Information
John Henry Raleigh is Professor of English at the University of California at Berkeley. His Ph.D. degree is from Princeton.
