The Resource By women possessed : a life of Eugene O'Neill, Arthur Gelb and Barbara Gelb
By women possessed : a life of Eugene O'Neill, Arthur Gelb and Barbara Gelb
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The item By women possessed : a life of Eugene O'Neill, Arthur Gelb and Barbara Gelb represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Flint Memorial Library (North Reading).
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- Summary
- "Celebrated for their books on Eugene O'Neill and enjoying access to a trove of previously sealed archival material, the Gelbs deliver their final volume on the stormy life and brilliant oeuvre of this Nobel Prize-winning American playwright. This is a tour through both a magical moment in American theater and the troubled life of a genius. Not a peep show or a celebrity gossip fest, this book is a brilliant investigation of the emotional knots that ensnared one of our most important playwrights. Handsome, charming when he wanted to be, O'Neill was the flame women were drawn to--all, that is, except his mother, who never let him forget he was unwanted. By Women Possessed follows O'Neill through his great successes, the failures he was able to shrug off, and the long eclipse, a twelve-year period in which, despite the Nobel, nothing he wrote was produced. But ahead lay his greatest achievements: The Iceman Cometh and Long Day's Journey into Night. Both were ahead of their time and both received lukewarm receptions. It wasn't until after his death that his widow, the keeper of the flame, began a fierce and successful campaign to restore his reputation. The result is that today, just over 125 years after his birth, O'Neill is a towering presence in the theater, his work--always in performance here and abroad--still electrifying audiences. Perhaps of equal importance, he is the acknowledged father of modern American theater, the man who paved the way for the likes of Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee, and a host of others. But, as Williams has said, at a cost: 'O'Neill gave birth to the American theater and died for it'"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxv, 869 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- "A Marian Wood book."
- Contents
-
- Upheaval
- About Agnes
- Mistress, secretary, wife, and mother
- "Time's winged chariot"
- Unraveling
- Isbn
- 9780399159114
- Label
- By women possessed : a life of Eugene O'Neill
- Title
- By women possessed
- Title remainder
- a life of Eugene O'Neill
- Statement of responsibility
- Arthur Gelb and Barbara Gelb
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Celebrated for their books on Eugene O'Neill and enjoying access to a trove of previously sealed archival material, the Gelbs deliver their final volume on the stormy life and brilliant oeuvre of this Nobel Prize-winning American playwright. This is a tour through both a magical moment in American theater and the troubled life of a genius. Not a peep show or a celebrity gossip fest, this book is a brilliant investigation of the emotional knots that ensnared one of our most important playwrights. Handsome, charming when he wanted to be, O'Neill was the flame women were drawn to--all, that is, except his mother, who never let him forget he was unwanted. By Women Possessed follows O'Neill through his great successes, the failures he was able to shrug off, and the long eclipse, a twelve-year period in which, despite the Nobel, nothing he wrote was produced. But ahead lay his greatest achievements: The Iceman Cometh and Long Day's Journey into Night. Both were ahead of their time and both received lukewarm receptions. It wasn't until after his death that his widow, the keeper of the flame, began a fierce and successful campaign to restore his reputation. The result is that today, just over 125 years after his birth, O'Neill is a towering presence in the theater, his work--always in performance here and abroad--still electrifying audiences. Perhaps of equal importance, he is the acknowledged father of modern American theater, the man who paved the way for the likes of Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee, and a host of others. But, as Williams has said, at a cost: 'O'Neill gave birth to the American theater and died for it'"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1924-2014
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gelb, Arthur
- Dewey number
-
- 812/.52
- B
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PS3529.N5
- LC item number
- Z6527 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Gelb, Barbara
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- O'Neill, Eugene
- O'Neill, Eugene
- Dramatists, American
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- Label
- By women possessed : a life of Eugene O'Neill, Arthur Gelb and Barbara Gelb
- Note
- "A Marian Wood book."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [767]-847) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Upheaval -- About Agnes -- Mistress, secretary, wife, and mother -- "Time's winged chariot" -- Unraveling
- Control code
- 1701069
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xxv, 869 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780399159114
- Lccn
- 2016008421
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1701069
- (OCoLC)944339707
- Label
- By women possessed : a life of Eugene O'Neill, Arthur Gelb and Barbara Gelb
- Note
- "A Marian Wood book."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [767]-847) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Upheaval -- About Agnes -- Mistress, secretary, wife, and mother -- "Time's winged chariot" -- Unraveling
- Control code
- 1701069
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xxv, 869 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780399159114
- Lccn
- 2016008421
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1701069
- (OCoLC)944339707
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