Struggle, Defeat or Rebirth

Thierry Dubost is a professor at the University of Caen Normandie (France).

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      List of Abbreviations      xiiiIntroduction      PART I: THE FAMILY1. The Family and Its Environment      2. The Imprisoned Person      3. Relations Between the Characters      4. From the Microcosm to the Macrocosm      5. The Image of the Family      6. Conclusion      PART II: HUMANITY AND WORLDS7. Worlds and the Representation of Them      8. The Place of the Human Being in the World      9. Belonging      10. Non-Belonging      11. Conclusion      PART III: HUMANS FACED WITH THEMSELVES AND INNER WORLDS12. The Discovery of Human Beings      13. Revelation of an Existential Condition      14. The Acknowledgment of the Individual      15. Nature      16. Conclusion      17. Beyond the Conclusions      Notes and References      Chronological List of the Plays      List of “Family Plays”      Bibliography      Index

“highly detailed…an exhaustive study”—Choice; “based on an examination of 49 of O’Neill’s plays and a substantial number of scholarly works as well”—Theatre Research International; “Dubost returns us to O’Neillian drama with renewed pleasure”—The Eugene O’Neill Review.