Eugene O'Neill: An Annotated International Bibliography, 1973 Through 1999 [Hardcover]

Richard Eaton (Author), Madeline C. Smith (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2001 | ISBN-10: 0786410361 | ISBN-13: 978-0786410361 | Edition: annotated edition

In the last half century, the American theater has become more a part of the global theatrical community and as a result, America's playwrights and their works are receiving more attention internationally. Eugene O'Neill is perhaps the one American playwright who has gained the most renown with the global expansion of American theater. This work is not only an annotated bibliography of published works about O'Neill, but a careful record of the scores of productions of O'Neill's work both within and without the United States, in English-speaking countries and elsewhere, and the large number of published translations of his plays covering the years 1973 through 1999. The eight sections of this large work, each annotated, are: A articles in English; B books (with reviews indicated); C dissertations; D non-English language articles, books, and dissertations; E and F listings by play title of production of O'Neill's plays in the United States and abroad; G primary works by O'Neill; and H miscellaneous information on O'Neill productions

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

According to the introduction, this work is an update of Jordan Miller's Eugene O'Neill and the American Critic: A Bibliographical Checklist (Archeon, 1973). The authors have picked up where Miller left off but also include some earlier works that Miller skipped. In addition, they have expanded the scope of the bibliography to encompass material in English but not necessarily American and material in foreign languages. Presumably, the volume also updates Smith and Eaton's Eugene O'Neill: An Annotated Bibliography, 1973-1985 (Garland, 1988).

All of O'Neill's plays are referenced by abbreviated titles (e.g.,Iceman for The Iceman Cometh; Mansions for More Stately Mansions). Content is divided into sections covering English-language periodicals, books and parts of books, and dissertations; foreign-language scholarship and criticism; reviews of English-language productions of the plays; reviews of foreign-language productions; and primary works. Arrangement is alphabetical by author except in the sections on English-language and foreign-language productions, where reviews are grouped chronologically under each play. Most of the citations are annotated. The section on primary works includes translations--one can find listings for Desire under the Elms translated into Arabic, Chinese, Czechoslovakian, French, Greek, Italian, Korean, and Spanish. A final brief "Miscellaneous" section references an eclectic mix of film and audio versions of the plays, operas based on the plays, plays in which O'Neill appears as a character, and so on. The volume concludes with three indexes: authors, plays, and subjects.

Reflecting O'Neill's growing "internationality," this is a good resource for research collections. RBB
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About the Author

Professor of English Madeline C. Smith lives and writes in Pennsylvania. Richard Eaton is a retired professor of English. He lives in Morganton, West Virginia.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 242 pages
• Publisher: Mcfarland & Co Inc Pub; annotated edition edition (April 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786410361
• ISBN-13: 978-0786410361
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
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