Eugene O'Neill's One-Act Plays ― New Critical Perspectives

Eugene O'Neill, Nobel Laureate in Literature and Pulitzer Prize winner, is widely known for his full length plays. However, his one-act plays are the foundation of his work - both thematically and stylistically, they telescope his later plays. This collection aims to fill the gap by examining these texts, during what can be considered O'Neill's formative writing years, and the foundational period of American drama. A wide-ranging investigation into O'Neill's one-acts, the contributors shed light on a less-explored part of his career and assist scholars in understanding O'Neill's entire oeuvre.

Michael Y. Bennett is Associate Professor of English and affiliated faculty in Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, USA. He is the author of: Reassessing the Theatre of the Absurd (2011/2013); Words, Space, and the Audience (2012); and Narrating the Past through Theatre (2012). He is the editor of Refiguring Oscar Wilde's Salome (2011). He is also Editor of The Edward Albee Review.

Benjamin D. Carson is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of English at Bridgewater State University, USA. He has published articles on Edith Wharton, Gerald Vizenor, Ana Castillo, and Clarence Major and is the editor Sovereignty, Separatism, and Survivance: Ideological Encounters in the Literature of Native North America.