Eugene O'Neill: His Life as it Relates to Long Day's Journey Into Night
--Julie Gregory
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Annotated Bibliography

Black, Stephen. Eugene O’Neill, Beyond Mourning and Tragedy.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999.
This biography is very factual, noting all the large biographical works on O’Neill. Black is a psychiatrist and views everything from a psychoanalytical point of view. He gives his reasons for O’Neill and his family’s problems and motivations. It was interesting, but I wasn’t too sure about psychoanalysis conducted from secondary sources.

  Carpenter, Frederic. Eugene O’Neill. New Haven: College and University Press, 1964.
I found this to be well-researched, brief biography. His sources were good, including the Gelb biography, which is still viewed as the first accurate biography of Eugene O’Neill. Carpenter focuses on the most pertinent facts and takes an interesting look at his plays and various themes. 

  “Eugene O’Neill – A Haunted Life”. Biography with Harry Smith. A & E Channel. 16 Mar. 2002.
A&E did a great job on this video; it includes many personal photos and quotes by Eugene, friends and family members. I found it a fascinating and honest portrayal of O’Neill’s life.

  Hinden, Michael. Long Day’s Journey into Night, Native Eloquence. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1990.
This masterwork series was very helpful and informative. Hinden gives some history, biography and takes a careful look at A Long Day’s Journey into Night, viewed from the four characters’ individual perspectives. This book is very readable, and well researched and documented.

  Reuben, Paul P. “Chapter 8: American Drama – Eugene O’Neill.”
PAL: Perspectives in American Literature – A Research and Reference Guide.25-27 March 2002. <URL:http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap8/oneill.html>
This site has a huge amount of information on American literature. I thought his study questions were quite valuable, and Reuben includes many O’Neill quotes. He also adds information about the O’Neill historic site in California.

  Hammerman, Harley. The Hammerman Collection. eOneill.com- An Electronic Eugene O’Neill Archive. 10-29 March 2002. <http://www.eoneill.com/>       
This is the largest web site I found on O’Neill. It combines many libraries and archives, including thousands of letters and photos. There is so much information that it sometimes takes awhile to find what you are looking for, but I found it to be the most complete site.  They even have an audio archive of famous O’Neill productions.

  --created by Julie Gregory, lightly edited by LG.