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My Indian
"In 1822, William Epps Cormack sought the expertise of a guide who could lead him across Newfoundland in search of the last remaining Beothuk camps on the island. In his journal, Cormack refers to his guide only as 'My Indian.' Now, almost two hundred years later, Mi'sel Joe and Sheila O'Neill reclaim the story of Sylvester Joe, the Mi'kmaq guide engaged by Cormack.... My Indian follows Sylvester Joe from his birth (in what is now known as Miawpukek First Nation) and early life in his community to his journey across the island with Cormack." -- back cover.
More of a Long Story
The author recalls growing up with her father, Shane, the disowned son of playwright Eugene O'Neill.
Goodbye Yeats and O'Neill
Goodbye Yeats and O'Neill is a reading of one or two books recently written by the following major authors: Roddy Doyle, Colm Tóibín, John McGahern, William Trevor, Seamus Deane, Nuala O'Faolain, Patrick McCabe, Colum McCann, Nick Laird, Gerry Adams, Claire Boylan, Frank McCourt, Tim O'Brien, Michael Patrick MacDonald, Alice McDermott, Edward J. Delaney, Beth Lordan, William Kennedy, Thomas Kelly, and Mary Gordon. The study argues that farce has been a major mode of recent Irish and Irish-American fiction and memoir--a primary indicator of the state of both Irish and Irish-American cultures in the early twenty-first century.
Into the Shee
Written in magic realism, this novel finds Sheila OConor, an Irish American woman experiencing mysterious events at an ancient hillfort in Northern Ireland. A series of coincidences include meeting a small girl within the Shee or faerymound, some faery folk, and a folklore professor who encourages her to accept an invitation to the mythical land of Tir-na-nOg. Overcoming her doubts and fears, she eventually voyages to this magical land and experiences wonders. Then she meets her high school sweetheart and the three companions voyage together to Tir-na-nOg for more wondrous surprises. After a series of "Rememberings", Sheila recalls her childhood and marriage and receives insight into her life. The fascinating setting at Emain Macha or Navan for, home of the mytholigcal Red Branch Kings, inspired the Navan Interpretive Center in Armagh, visited by people form all over the world for its literary and archeological importance.
Afterlife -- Ghostly Comedies
As playgoers hear the voices in Marilyn Monroes head and encounter seven visitors to James Dean, they must rethink their relationships with cultural icons. As they ride through a Louisiana swamp in the middle of a hurricane, they must rethink their own lives and losses. ONeill can somehow enable her audiences to laugh uproariously while re-examining the lies they have been telling themselves. Katherine H. Adams, HUTCHINSON PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, LOYOLA UNIVERSITY NEW ORLEANS Rosary ONeills third volume of plays certainly provides ample evidence of the playwrights versatility and artistic fertility. As our resident dramatist, our 112 year-old institution is so proud we have this gifted artist at this period of world history that has never needed more the power of theatre to confront, alert, and awaken. O. Aldon James PRESIDENT, NATIONAL ARTS CLUB, NEW YORK, NY Rosarys work has scope: From her Southern Gothic roots, her epic collection of plays about a dysfunctional Louisiana family, to that Boulevard of broken dreams, Hollywood. Finally on to her great insights into the worlds of other great artists of the past, Rosary leaves no stone unturned. Peter Bloch DIRECTOR, NEW YORK, NY
Another Part of a Long Story
"An engrossing biography about the marital breakdown of a major literary figure, of particular interest for what it reveals about O'Neill's creative process, activities, and bohemian lifestyle at the time of his early successes and some of his most interesting experimental work. In addition, King's discussion of Boulton's efforts as a writer of pulp fiction in the early part of the 20th century reveals an interesting side of popular fiction writing at that time, and gives insight into the lifestyle of the liberated woman." ---Stephen Wilmer, Trinity College, Dublin Biographers of American playwright Eugene O'Neill have been quick to label his marriage to actress Carlotta Monterey as the defi...
Out of what Began
The first book of its kind, Out of What Began traces the development of a distinctive tradition of Irish poetry over the course of three centuries. Beginning with Jonathan Swift in the early eighteenth century and concluding with such contemporary poets as Seamus Heaney and Eavan Boland, Gregory A. Schirmer looks at the work of nearly a hundred poets. Considering the evolving political and social environments in which they lived and wrote, Schirmer shows how Irish poetry and culture have come to be shaped by the struggle to define Irish identity. Schirmer includes a large number of accomplished poets who have been unjustly neglected in standard accounts of Irish literature; many of these writers are women, whose work has been kept in the shadows cast by that of well-known male poets. He also emphasizes the importance of political poetry in a country that continues to be torn by sectarian violence. With its rich selection of poetic voices, Out of What Began reveals the political, social, and religious diversity of Irish culture.
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Eugene O'Neill and the Reinvention of Theatre Aesthetics
The plays of Eugene O'Neill testify to his continued search for new dramatic strategies. The author explores the Nobel Prize winner's attempts at creating a new Modern play. He shows how, moving away from melodrama or "the problem play," O'Neill revisited the classical frames of drama and reinvented theater aesthetics by resorting to masks, the chorus, acoustics, silence or immobility for the creation of his dramatic works.
