The Cambridge Companion to Eugene O'Neill

List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Chronology; List of plays and poems; Introduction Michael Manheim; 1. 'Celebrant of loss': Eugene O'Neill 1888–1953 Stephan A. Black; 2. O'Neill's philosophical and literary paragons Egil Törnqvist; 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 screen Kurt Eisen; 9. O'Neill's America: the strange interlude between the wars Brenda Murphy; 10. O'Neill's African and Irish-Americans: stereotypes or 'faithful realism'? Edward L. Shaugnessy; 11. O'Neill's female characters Judith E. Barlow; 12. 'A tale of possessors self-disposessed' Donald Gallup; 13. Trying to write the family play: autobiography and the dramatic imagination Jean Chothia; 14. The stature of Long Day's Journey Into Night Michael Manheim; 15. O'Neill and the cult of sincerity Matthew H. Wikander; 16. O'Neill criticism Michael Manheim; Select bibliography of full-length works; Index.