Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Lc Classification Number
Ps3529.N5z5635 2015
Reviews
"Baker-White's reading goes a long way toward correcting a rather extreme critical view of 'nature' or 'natural settings' as missing from O'Neill's works. Recommended"- Choice ., "Baker-White's reading goes a long way toward correcting a rather extreme critical view of 'nature' or 'natural settings' as missing from O'Neill's works. Recommended"-- Choice .
Table of Content
Table of Contents Preface One--Introduction: "A seagull or a fish..." O'Neill and Nature Oikos, Logos and Situating the Human Theatre and the Natural World Environing and Theatrical Process History/Theatre/Nature Ecocritical Contexts: Pastoral and Beyond Organizing the Corpus: Tropes of Seeing Nature in O'Neill Two--Depth, Reach, Mystery: The Early Sea Plays Early Maritime Plays: The Perilous Ocean Toward Accommodation: Surviving with the Davil in "Anna Christie" Three--Pastorals: Complex, Alive, Possessed Early Land Plays: Situating the Rural Beyond the Horizon: Scenic Rhythms in "a land of lost grace" "God's in the stones": Naturalist Nature in Desire Under the Elms Four--Big Work: Staging the Deity The Hairy Ape: Spiritual Quest and Failure to Transcend The Great God Brown, Lazarus Laughed and Strange Interlude: "Higher, Freer" Aspirations Dynamo and Days Without End: Deadly "Contact" Five--Trade Winds in the Coco Palms: The Lure of the Exotic Diff'rence: Youthful Ventures in the Far Horizon The Doubleness of Nature in The Emperor Jones Strangers in Strange Lands: The Fountain and Marco Millions Mourning Becomes Electra: Ecology and Morality Six--Culminations: O'Neill's Extended Epilogue Ah, Wilderness! The Iceman Cometh Long Day's Journey into Night A Moon for the Misbegotten Notes Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
2015
Topic
Drama, Subjects & Themes / Nature, Public Policy / Environmental Policy
Lccn
2015-030330
Dewey Decimal
812/.52
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Political Science
