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O'Neill: Son and Playwright
Author(s): Louis Scheaffer (Author)
- Publisher: Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S.
- Publication Date: 19 Aug. 2002
- Edition: Revised ed.
- Language: English
- Print length: 568 pages
- ISBN-10: 0815412436
- ISBN-13: 9780815412434
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
Review
A model of what a biography should be… Ought to prove spellbinding for O’Neill buffs and theater addicts, and scarcely less so for readers who enjoy biographies.– “Publishers Weekly”
Sheaffer’s Pulitzer Prize-winning study of Eugene O’Neill is not only the foremost portrait of the artist but also one of the most stunning literary biographies, period.– “Library Journal”
Should take its place in every library of those seriously interested in American theater, literature, and consciousness.– “The New York Times”
About the Author
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