Eugene O'Neill and the Reinvention of Theatre Aesthetics

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Eugene O'Neill and the Reinvention of Theatre Aesthetics is written by Thierry Dubost and published by McFarland. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 147667728X (ISBN 10) and 9781476677286 (ISBN 13).

 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.