Long Day's Journey into Night

Name: Long Day's Journey into Night
Rating: 4.3 (12 reviews)
Author: Unknown Author
ISBN: 9780300094107

by Unknown Author

4.3

(12 ratings)

192 pages2002Yale University PressISBN 9780300094107

Biography Drama Art

About this book

Author Eugene O'Neill gives an autobiographical account of his explosive homelife. Fused by a drug-addicted mother, a father who wallows in drink after realizing he is no longer a famous actor, and an older brother who is emotionally unstable and misfit, the family is reflected by their youngest son, who at 23 is a sensitive and aspiring writer.

Publication Details

Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2002
Pages: 192
ISBN: 9780300094107
Language: en

About Unknown Author

Eugene O'Neill was an American playwright, and Nobel laureate in Literature. His plays are among the first to introduce into American drama the techniques of realism, associated with Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, and Swedish playwright August Strindberg. His plays were among the first to include speeches in American vernacular and involve characters on the fringes of society, engaging in depraved behavior, where they struggle to maintain their hopes and aspirations, but ultimately slide into disillusionment and despair. O'Neill wrote only one well-known comedy (Ah, Wilderness!).[1][2] Nearly all of his other plays involve some degree of tragedy and personal pessimism. ([Source][1].) [1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_O%27Neill