The Hairy Ape

Eugene O'Neill

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Suggestions for Further Reading

Clark, Barret Harper. Eugene O'Neill, the Man and His Plays. New York: Dover Publications, 1947.

Egri, Peter. "Belonging Lost: Alienation and Dramatic Form in Eugene O'Neill's The Hairy Ape." Acta Litteraria Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae (Budapest, Hungary) 24, no. 1–2 (1982): 157–190.

Gelb, Arthur and Barbara Gelb. O'Neill: life with Monte Cristo. New York: Applause, 2000.

Highsmith, James Milton. "The Cornell Letters: Eugene O'Neill On His Craftsmanship to George Jean Nathan." Modern Drama Vol. 15 (1972): 68–88.

Massa, Ann. "Intention and Effect in The Hairy Ape." Modern Drama Vol. 31 (1988): 41–51.

Roediger, David. "White Looks:Hairy Apes, True Stories and Limbaugh's Laughs." Minnesota Review: A Journal of Committed Writing. Vol. 47 (1997): 37–47.

Sheaffer, Louis. O'Neill, Son and Playwright. Boston: Little, Brown, 1968.

Winther, Sophus Keith. Eugene O'Neill: A Critical Study. New York: Russel & Russel, 1961.

Zapf, Hubert. "O'Neill's Hairy Ape and the Reversal of Hegelian Dialectics." Modern Drama Vol. 31 (1988): 35–40.

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