Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Long Day’s Journey Into Night by Eugene O’Neill is a significant work in American drama, published by Yale University Press on February 8, 2002. This 2nd edition spans 192 pages and presents O’Neill’s autobiographical exploration of family dynamics and personal struggles. The play is widely regarded as O’Neill’s finest, delving into themes of love, addiction, and the complexities of familial relationships.
Readers will find a poignant portrayal of the challenges faced by a family grappling with their past and present. The narrative intricately examines the interplay of love and pain within the context of marriage and parenthood. With its roots in American theater and playwriting, this edition also includes a new foreword by Harold Bloom, enhancing the reader’s understanding of O’Neill’s artistic evolution. Long Day’s Journey Into Night remains a vital piece for those interested in the performing arts and the depth of human experience.
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Winner of the 1957 Pulitzer Prize in Drama
“The definitive edition.”–Boston Globe
Eugene O’Neill’s autobiographical play Long Day’s Journey into Night is regarded as his finest work. First published by Yale University Press in 1956, it won the Pulitzer Prize in 1957 and has since sold more than one million copies. This edition, which includes a new foreword by Harold Bloom, coincides with a new production of the play starring Brian Dennehy, which opens in Chicago in January 2002 and in New York in April.
“By common consent, Long Day’s Journey into Night is Eugene O’Neill’s masterpiece. . . . The helplessness of family love to sustain, let alone heal, the wounds of marriage, of parenthood, and of sonship, have never been so remorselessly and so pathetically portrayed, and with a force of gesture too painful ever to be forgotten by any of us.”–Harold Bloom, from the foreword
“Only an artist of O’Neill’s extraordinary skill and perception can draw the curtain on the secrets of his own family to make you peer into your own. Long Day’s Journey into Night is the most remarkable achievement of one of the world’s greatest dramatists.”–Jose Quintero
“The play is an invaluable key to its author’s creative evolution. It serves as the Rosetta Stone of O’Neill’s life and art.”–Barbara Gelb
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