Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie, The Iceman Cometh, and Long Day's Journey Into Night

Eugene O'Neill was the first important American playwright, according to Harold Bloom. This title analyzes O'Neill's Anna Christie, The Iceman Cometh, and Long Day's Journey Into Night. This series is edited by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University; Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Professor of English, New York University Graduate School; preeminent literary critic of our time. Titles present the most important 20th-century criticism on major works from The Odyssey through modern literature reflecting a variety of schools of criticism. Texts also contain critical biographies, notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, and an index, and an introductory essay by Bloom. This Newly Updated Volume Is An In-depth Exploration Into The Life And Works Of A Playwright Whose Searing Dramas Continue To Be A Powerful Presence On The American Stage. Introduction / Harold Bloom -- The Iceman Cometh And Hughie : Tomorrow Is Yesterday / Laurin Porter -- Mourning Becomes Electra / Doris Alexander -- Melodrama, Novelization, And The Modern Stage / Kurt Eisen -- Long Day's Journey Into Night / Edward L. Shaughnessy -- From Trial To Triumph (1913-1924) : The Early Plays / Margaret Loftus Ranald -- The Middle Plays / James A. Robinson -- Feminism V. Fatalism : Uncertainty As Closure In Anna Christie / Barbara Voglino -- Masks And Mirrors / Zander Brietzke -- O'neill / Romulus Linney -- Eugene O'neill In Buenos Aires / Andrew Graham-yooll -- Vital Contact : Eugene O'neill And The Working Class / Patrick J. Chura -- Bound East For Cardiff / Egil Törnqvist -- The Epitaph / Doris Alexander. Edited And With An Introduction By Harold Bloom. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 225-228) And Index.