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Informationen zum Autor Eugene O´Neill (1888-1953) is one of the most significant forces in the history of American theater. With no uniquely American tradition to guide him! O´Neill introduced various dramatic techniques! which subsequently became staples of the U.S. theater. By 1914 he had written twelve one-act and two long plays. Of this early work! only Thirst and Other One-act plays (1914) was originally published. From this point on! O´Neill´s work falls roughly into three phases: the early plays! written from 1914 to 1921 ( The Long Voyage Home ! The Moon of the Caribbees ! Beyond the Horizon ! Anna Christie ); a variety of full-length plays for Broadway ( Desire Under the Elms ; Great God Brown ; Ah! Wilderness! ); and the last! great plays! written between 1938 and his death ( The Iceman Cometh ! Long Day´s Journey Into Night ! A Moon for the Misbegotten ). Eugene O´Neill is a four-time Pulitzer Prize winner! and he was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1936. Klappentext Winner of four Pulitzer Prizes and the first American dramatist to receive a Nobel Prize! Eugene O'Neill filled his plays with rich characterization and innovative language. This collection contains four of his best: "Beyond the Horizon! Anna Christie! The Emperor Jones!" and "The Hairy Ape." Revised reissue. Zusammenfassung Winner of four Pulitzer Prizes and the first American dramatist to receive a Nobel Prize! Eugene O´Neill filled his plays with rich characterization and innovative language! taking the outcasts and renegades of society and depicting their Olympian struggles with themselves-and with destiny.
