Road to the Temple

A Biography of George Cram Cook

Häftad, Engelska, 2005

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Eugene O' Neill is one of America's most celebrated playwrights, but relatively few Americans know the name of the man who essentially gave O' Neill his first chance at greatness: George Cram "Jig" Cook, one of America's most colorful and original thinkers and the founder of the Provincetown Players, the first company to stage O'Neill. Cook's story, with all its hopes, dreams, and disappointments, is told in The Road to the Temple.First published in 1927 in the United States and reprinted in 1941, this biography is the work of Cook's third wife, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Susan Glaspell, It traces Cook's lifelong search for self, a search that took him from his birthplace in Davenport, Iowa, to New York to Delphi; from university teaching and truck farming, to the Provincetown Players, to the antiquity of Greece. Part of Jig's story is told by excerpts from his journals, pictures, poetry, and fiction. Interwoven with narrative flashbacks, these entries concerning his day-to-day activities as well as his thoughts and feelings bring him to life for the reader. In addition, Glaspell offers finely crafted portraits of the American Midwest in the late nineteenth century; a vivid picture of Greenwich Village between 1910 and 1920; and a moving and lyrical account of the life she and Jig lived in Greece, where Jig died on January 11, 1924. A compelling combination of biography and autobiography, this volume presents a unique and personal picture of a fascinating American original."

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Utgivningsdatum2005-02-08
Mått152 x 229 x 19 mm
Vikt476 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor364
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9780786420841

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Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Light of Imagination by Linda Ben-Zvi Preface to the 1927 Edition Preface to the 1941 Edition 1. The Unintended Beauty 2. Who Is an Honest Man? 3. A Log-cabin 4. Calendars 5. Pop-eye Wilson 6. The Silence of Noon 7. Wordsworth on the Mississippi 8. Harvard, ’93 9. John Alden 10. Black Hawk’s Watch Tower 11. Heidelberg 12. His Friend Mrs. Y_____ 13. Instructor Cook 14. Sappho in Iowa City 15. Dream Cities 16. Kipling to Corporal Cook 17. “Unsent” 18. “The Faggot and the Flame” 19. The Truck-Farmer 20. Life Breaks a Shell 21. The Locked Door 22. World of Symbols 23. Behold the Sun! 24. “The Needle and the North” 25. The Monist Society 26. The Greenhouse Speaks 27. Though Stone Be Broken 28. Chicago 29. Our House in Provincetown 30. The Rhythm of the Days 31. The Old Wharf 32. Fire from Heaven 33. Certain Women 34. Nezer 35. Paths to “The Spring” 36. The Beloved Community 37. The Parthenon! 38. Making New Friends 39. Delphi 40. The Music of the Flocks 41. The Bird and the Gods 42. Shepherds and Bandits 43. A Winter in Athens 44. TòPuppy 45. The Brook Runs Red 46. Our Days at Kalania 47. Building Walls 48. “At Fifty I Ask God” 49. The Play Begins 50. By an Ancient Threshing-Floor 51. The Play Continues 52. Death in Delphi 53. “The Women Spin—The Sheep Pass” Notes on the Text Selected Bibliography by Linda Ben-Zvi Index