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=Eugene O'Neill by Kristen Master    s= 

Eugene O’Neill is a dramatists, famous in American theater. O’Neill is famous for realism and for his depressing stories of people who have no hope of controlling their destinies. His characters often deal with looking for a meaning for life. He wrote forty five plays total, that range from satire to tragedy (__Literary Life Lines).__ Eugene O’Neill was born on October 16th, 1888 in New York, and wrote his first play in 1912, while in the hospital for tuberculosis. His vision as a writer was to show his own depressing stories from his past, to the public through his works. O’Neill grew up in poverty for most of his life, leading him to depression. He wrote many expressionistic pieces, with the question of where do the characters belong in the world (__DIScovering Biography__). O’Neill was trying to accomplish self-purpose through his writings and to create meaningful drama‘s. He focused on finding the purpose of life, and daring conceptions of willing experiments, and atrocious failures (Best American Plays). He plays with the theme of realism, and controlling of ones destinies. O’Neill explores the meaning of life, and the expresses the life and tragedies of poverty. Some of his other plays deal with the human propensity to hide. He is attempting to show his past through his literature. The Straw 1921- a story of love and selfishness dating back to O’Neill’s experiences in the sanitarium (__Encyclopedia of World Biography).__ O’Neill grew up in poverty for most of his life, and most of his works have some kind of tragedy. Which could be a reflection of him growing up during The Great Depression. It could also be with him dealing with the roaring twenties, and his struggle with money, and to become finically stable. Aside of his money trouble he did publish some great pieces. His three most famous works are, Beyond the Horizon 1920, Anna Christie 1921, and Long Day’s Journey into Night 1956, leading him to many achievements. O’Neill received the Nobel Prize for literature, and the Pulitzer Prize in 1920, 1921, 1928, and in 1956 (__Nine Plays__). Eugene O’Neill contributes his theory of human purpose and destinies to America and humanity through his literature. He expresses them through his tragedy plays, and expressionistic pieces. His successful plays reveal interesting experimentation, and realistic play with some romantic overtones, which was unique ( Best American Plays). Most of his plays focus on self-awareness, and he constantly struggles to find where he belongs in the world. He expresses his question, of where does he belong through out his pieces, and question he seems to struggle with. He moves from reality to conscious memories of his past, to trace out a path (__DIScovering Biography).__ Eugene O’Neill is a famous American playwright, made famous by his realism and for his depressing stories of people who have no hope of controlling their destinies. His main concern was with the anguish and turmoil that wrack the spirits of sensitive people ( __Encyclopedia of World Biography__).

Chalton, Nicole. __Literary Life Lines__. Danbury, Connecticut: Grolier Education., 1998.
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The book __Literary Life Lines__, by N. Chalton, is a book with good in detailed author analysis. The information is well organized and broken up into sections. This book also includes important details about the author, E. O’Neill, and has good summaries of his plays. Also there is a list of all his achievements, and awards O’Neill has received for his works, which was helpful when making my trading card. There are summaries of the plays, and what is really behind them all. I would definitely recommend this resource as a comprehensive source for information for academic projects.

Gassner, John. __Best American Plays__. New York: Crown Publisher Inc., 1963

The book __Best American Plays__ by J. Gassner, is a book with various authors, and provides short time lines, biography, and examples of O’Neill’s plays. The information is clearly organized, and is short and easy to use. It also includes important events during the time period that may have influenced his writings. I used most of this information on my trading card- his last play was published in 1956 three years after his death, and I learned more about my author, Eugene O’Neill. This book had good time lines, but I recommend students use other books for literary criticism, because this book is too general.

O’Neill, Eugene. __Nine Plays__. United States: Random House Inc., 1932.

The Book __Nine Plays__ by O’Neill, Eugene contains nine great pieces of works published by O‘Neill. In the book the plays were written and put together himself. On the third page there is a note on the author which provides a little bit of family background, schooling information, and other facts. I plan on using this information from this source in writing my critical literature review, it will help me answer questions about their time period, and how they became an author. I didn’t read the actual poems listed in the book, it was far too long, I just used the note on the author which provide quick and fast biography information. I would recommend this book if you are only looking for a vague concept of Eugene O’Neill works. I would recommend this to other students because it offers easy information and it was the only book I found that had better information on O’Neill’s schooling.

"__O’Neill, Eugene Gladstone (1888-1953__).” DIScovering Biography. Online ed. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Student Resource Center- Gold. Gale. Fuquay-Varina High School/WCPPS/.23 May. 2008__<[|http://www.galenet.com/servlet/srcx>__]

Eugene Gladstone O’Neill__, from DIScovering Biography provides an extensive background knowledge, and information about O’Neill’s plays. This reference source has great knowledge of what type of plays O’Neill wrote-Drama, and how someone them are a reflection of how he felt a the time about a subject, and show he believes- for the main concern was with the anguish and turmoil that wreck the spirits of sensitive people. This source has an easy table of contents: Awards, and Biographical Essay’s. I would highly recommend this reference source, it is very useful and is a good use for a critical literature review paper.

Reardon, William R. “__O’Neill, Eugene(1888-1953).”__ Encyclopedia of World Biography. Ed. Suzanne M. Bourgoin. 2nd ed. Detroit: Gale Research, 1998. 17 vols. Student Resource Center-Gold. Gale. Fuquay-Varina High School/WCPSS/.23. May. 2008__< [|http://www.galenet.com/servlet srcx] >__ __Eugene__ __O’Neill 1888-1953__, World Encyclopedia is a great reference book.The article on Eugene O’Neill is about his background in theater, and how he got started in the play write business. I found the section on analysis to be the most helpful when determining specifically what Eugene O’Neill was attempting to do or change through his literature. This was a great source to use in writing a literature review. I would recommend this source to anyone, it was very helpful, with, had everything needed to write a good review paper.