The Great God Brown (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Eugene O’Neill
- First Published: 1926
- Type of Work: Play
- Genres: Drama, Expressionist literature
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Art or artists, Dreams, 1920’s, Reality, Creative process, Imagination, Ethics, Masks, Mortality, Architecture or architects
- Locales: East (U.S.)
“I love that play,” O’Neill declared of The Great God Brown, which remained one of his favorites. Perhaps his fondness derived from the subjective, autobiographical nature of Dion Anthony, one of the characters, who expresses O’Neill's search for spiritual certainty, as well as his physical qualities and his bitterness. Perhaps O’Neill's liking sprang from the expressionistic device of the masks, which makes the play one of his strangest and most experimental. Although the critics did not share O’Neill's feeling, the public was fascinated by the play, which ran for...
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