Title: Eugene O'Neill and Oriental thought : a divided vision /
Authors: Robinson, James A., 1945-
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press,
Year: 1982
Subjects: O'Neill, Eugene, Criticism and interpretation.; O'Neill, Eugene, Philosophy.; O'Neill, Eugene, Knowledge Orient.; Philosophy, Asian.; Philosophy, Asian, in literature.; American drama Oriental influences.; Asia Religion
Contents: A divided vision -- Journeys East. Hinduism -- Buddhism -- Taoism -- Northwest Passages. Christianity East and West -- Western roads to Xanadu -- The Orient on native grounds -- A Western Passage to the East. Two plays of the sea -- "Forever flowing, ever returning": The Fountain -- East and West, yin and yang: "Marco Millions" -- Oriental thoughts for a religious theatre. "Conflicting tides": The Great God Brown -- "There is no death": the mystical monism of Lazarus Laughed -- Strange Interlude: Mother God, Father God, Neuter God -- Dynamo: repudiation and retreat -- Journeys home. Withdrawals and returns: The Iceman Cometh and Long Day's Journey into Night -- Eastern obit: Hughie.