{"product_id":"down-the-nights-and-down-the-days-9780268008956","title":"Down the Nights and Down the Days","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis latest book from veteran O'Neillian Edward L. Shaughnessy examines the influence of the Irish playwright's Catholic heritage on his moral imagination. Critics, due to O''Neill''s early renunciation of faith at age 15, have mostly overlooked this presence in his work. While Shaughnessy makes no attempt to reclaim him for Catholicism, he uncovers evidence that O''Neill retained the imprint of his Irish Catholic upbringing and acculturation in his work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShaughnessy discusses several key plays from the O'Neill cannon, such as \u003ci\u003eLong Day's Journey into Night, The Iceman Cometh\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMourning Becomes Electra\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the lesser-known\u003ci\u003e Ile\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDays Without End.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Irish in America Manuscript competition, \u003ci\u003eDown the Days and Down the Nights: Eugene O'Neill's Catholic Sensibility \u003c\/i\u003eis a compelling investigation into the psyche of one of the most brilliant, internationally honored playwrights of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This book is a lucid and humane exploration of American Catholic cultural sensibility. It is also an extremely rewarding read in its own right. The book should be ordered by every librarian who serves the needs of serious English-speaking students from the ages of 16 to 90 who study or read drama, American literature, or religious history.” —\u003ci\u003eLiterature and Theology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Shaughnessy carefully examines the impact of O’Neill’s enduring Catholic mindset on specific plays and, in doing so, enriches our understanding of these works. He puts in perspective as never before the tension between O’Neill’s despair and his desire to believe. Edward Shaughnessy’s achievement is to give us an eloquent, insightful, sympathetic perspective on O’Neill’s relationship to the Catholic faith that is utterly free of academic polemicizing or sectarian axe-grinding. This is a book that will be of enduring interest to readers and scholars of O’Neill, to students of the theater, and to pilgrim souls of every kind.” —\u003ci\u003eCommonweal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Notre Dame Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400715673943,"sku":"9780268008956","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/down-the-nights-and-down-the-days-9780268008956","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}