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EDITOR'S FORWARD
I am delighted to begin the Newsletter's
junior year with four most perceptive essays. Patrick Bowles' study of
the "existential resonances" in The Hairy Ape illuminates both
playwright and protagonist and clarifies the play's position in the vast
web of Western philosophy and literature. (Its length necessitates
reduced typeface, but most of the responders
to my query in the last issue approved of smaller
print--as long as the diminution is not excessive.) Winifred
Frazer offers persuasive evidence for
attributing "The 'American Soverign'" to O'Neill, thus moving back the
date of his first publication from 1912 to 1911. Frank Cunningham's
account of O'Neill's adaptation of The Ancient Mariner for the stage
constitutes a strong argument for placing him in the Romantic camp--a
valuable corrective to the popular view of O'Neill as poet of gloom
unreliev'd. And Halina Filipowicz-Findlay, in her survey of O'Neill
productions in Poland, offers an insightful analysis of why the critical
reception there has been slow and not always favorable. In short, a
propitious start for Volume III. I welcome, and am eager to receive,
comparable submissions for future issues, and I wish you all a Happy
Spring!
The Eugene O'Neill Newsletter, Vol. III, No. 1. Copyright (c) 1979 by
the Eugene O'Neill Newsletter. Copyright ©
2011 by Harley J. Hammerman. Editor: Frederick C. Wilkins. Assoc.
Editor: Marshall Brooks. Subscriptions:
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