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List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Chronology; List of playsand poems; Introduction Michael Manheim; 1. 'Celebrant of loss': EugeneO'Neill 1888-1953 Stephan A. Black; 2. O'Neill's philosophical and literaryparagons Egil Tornqvist; 3. O'Neill and the theatre of his time Daniel J.Watermeier; 4. From trial to triumph: the early plays Margaret Loftus Ranald;5. The middle plays James A. Robinson; 6. The late plays Normand Berlin; 7.Notable American stage productions Ronald Wainscott; 8. O'Neill on screenKurt Eisen; 9. O'Neill's America: the strange interlude between the warsBrenda Murphy; 10. O'Neill's African and Irish-Americans: stereotypes or'faithful realism'? Edward L. Shaugnessy; 11. O'Neill's female charactersJudith E. Barlow; 12. 'A tale of possessors self-disposessed' Donald Gallup;13. Trying to write the family play: autobiography and the dramaticimagination Jean Chothia; 14. The stature of Long Day's Journey Into NightMichael Manheim; 15. O'Neill and the cult of sincerity Matthew H. Wikander;16. O'Neill criticism Michael Manheim; Select bibliography of full-lengthworks; Index.