Dec 25, 2009
Eugene O’Neill was born to a miserly, unfulfilled Irish American actor and a shy, devoutly Catholic mother who became a morphine addict while recovering from his birth. His conflict-filled, dysfunctional family became a focus of his writing. His formal education included time at parochial schools and one year at Princeton University, but his informal education, in his years as a seaman, drifter, and journalist, probably mattered much more in his life. Despite the powerful lure of the sea, he decided to become a dramatist after a suicide attempt and...
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