A Touch of the Poet and More Stately Mansions Contributor(s): O'Neill, Eugene Gladstone (Author), Bower, Martha Gilman (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0300100795 ISBN-13: 9780300100792 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $71.28 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2004 Annotation: A Touch of the Poet and More Stately Mansions are regarded as two of Eugene O'Neill's finest plays. Companion pieces, linked by characters and themes, they form part of a projected series of eleven interconnected plays in which the playwright intended to give a psychological and economic account of American life. Now these works, the only surviving plays in O'Neill's "cycle," are brought together for the first time in a paper-back volume. The version of More Stately Mansions presented here is O'Neill's unexpurgated text, scrupulously edited by Martha Gilman Bower, which restores the playwright's original opening scene, a crucial epilogue, and other material essential to our understanding of the play. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Drama | American - General |
Dewey: 812.52 |
LCCN: 2003111053 |
Series: Yale Nota Bene |
Physical Information: 1.47" H x 5.04" W x 7.58" (0.94 lbs) 586 pages |
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Publisher Description: A Touch of the Poet and More Stately Mansions are regarded as two of Eugene O'Neill's finest plays. Companion pieces, linked by characters and themes, they form part of a projected series of eleven interconnected plays in which the playwright intended to give a psychological and economic account of American life. Now these works, the only surviving plays in O'Neill's "Cycle," are brought together for the first time in a paperback volume. The version of More Stately Mansions presented here is O'Neill's unexpurgated text, scrupulously edited by Martha Gilman Bower, which restores the playwright's original opening scene, a crucial epilogue, and other material essential to our understanding of the play. |