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Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey into Night". Edition No. 1
VDM Publishing House, Sep 2010, Pages: 148
'Eugene O'Neill's 'Long Day's Journey into Night': A Reader's Companion' is designed to assist the student as well as the scholar in studying this venerated American play. The book includes an introduction to 'Journey' and O'Neill's work in general; a listing of all of O'Neill's plays, in addition to a chronology of his life and work; a timeline of significant historical and cultural events during the year in which 'Journey' was written; a synopsis of the action of 'Journey'; an analysis of the play's characters; explanatory notes to the text to accompany any reading of 'Journey'; an essay comparing the play to both 'She Stoops to Conquer' and dream plays; a listing of major theatrical productions and film adaptations of 'Journey'; production reviews of play and film versions of 'Journey'; and a bibliographical listing of articles and books on the play as well as a critical bibliography of 'Journey'. In sum, 'Eugene O'Neill's 'Long Day's Journey into Night': A Reader's Companion' is an indispensable guide to the social, biographical, and artistic context of what is surely one of the greatest American dramas written to date.
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