List of illustrations
Notes on contributors
Chronology
List of plays and poems
Introducti
1 “Celebrant of loss”: Eugene ONeill 1888—1953
2 ONeills philosophical and literary paragons
3 ONeill and the theatre of his time
4 From trial to triumph: the early plays
5 The middle plays
6 The late plays
7 Notable American stage productions
8 ONeill on scre
9 ONeills America: the strange interlude between the wars
10 ONeills African and Irish-Americans: stereotypes or“faithful realism”?
11 ONeills female characters
12 “A tale of possessors self-dispossessed”
13 Trying to write the family play: autobiography and the dramatic imaginati
14 The stature of Long Days Journey Into Night
15 ONeill and the cult o sincerity
16 ONeill criticism
Select bibliography of full-length works
Index
